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EDWARDS, William Stephen

Service Numbers:	3796, 3798
Enlisted:	14 September 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Mitchell, Queensland, 30 April 1895
Home Town:	Mitchell, Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling:	Mitchell State School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 May 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mitchell & Districts War Memorial, Mitchell War Memorial, Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3796, Toowoomba, Queensland
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3798, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3798, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
4 May 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 3798, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3798 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-04

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