Edward PIKE

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Service Numbers:	4, 4A
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dundee, Scotland, February 1881
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Died of Illness, France, 22 December 1917
Cemetery:	Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt Grave Ref no: VII.E.18.,
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill St. Andrews Church Honour Roll, Broken Hill War Memorial

1 Jan 1900:	Involvement Unspecified British Units

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4, Morphettville, South Australia
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4, 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Saldanha embarkation_ship_number: A12 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 4, 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, HMAT Saldanha, Adelaide
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4, 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, ANZAC / Gallipoli
22 Dec 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4A, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4A awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-12-22

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He had lived at 2 Dalhousie Terrace, Perth Rd, Dundee.

Edward died of natural causes during the night of 22nd/23rd December.

He left a widow, Edith May Andresen (formally Pike) Oxide St, Broken Hill, Australia.

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.-50th Bn.

Date of enlistment: 24.08.1914
Place of enlistment: Morphettville, Australia