Joseph Thomas EDWARDS

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Service Number:	1934
Enlisted:	18 February 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Coolgardie, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 August 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row G, Grave 46 Chaplain J.G. Robertson officiated, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1934, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
29 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1934, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
29 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1934, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle
1 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1934, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Son of Joseph John Edwards of Coolgardie, WA. Brother of Myrtle Rosetta Edwards

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citizen Military Forces