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REECE, Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1425 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Branxton, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coal Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row C, Grave 5 Chaplain Talbot officiated, 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Branxton Memorial Rotunda |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1425, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1425, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1425, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as a friend J. Griffiths of North Rothbury, Branxton, NSW. Edward lived with Joseph and his wife Violet for several years. Edward was a State child from a young age until he reached 17 years of age; he had been abandoned as an illegimate child with nothing being known about his parents
Foster brother of Alfred Tessier of Regent Street, Richmond, Victoria.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to Alfred Tessier