HARVEY, Edgar Laurence George
| Service Number: | 2416 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yacka, South Australia, 18 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Yacka, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Yacka Public School, Yacka, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer, S.A.R. |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium, 3 October 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Cleve War Memorial, Port Lincoln S.A.R. Eyre's Peninsula Division Roll of Honour WW1, Yacka Public School Roll of Honour, Yacka Roll of Honor, Yacka WWI Honour Board, Yacka War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2416, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2416, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide |
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Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA: 1867 - 1922) Thursday 27 December 1917
ON ACTIVE SERVICE
Mrs. G. Harvey has received from Captain Bice, in France, a letter stating that her son, Private E. L. G. HARVEY, was killed instantaneously by a shell on October 8 in his dugout, while resting in company with two comrades, Privates Penna and Coxon. The writer pays a tribute to Private Harvey as "a gallant soldier, ever ready to do his duty." Mrs Harvey has lost two of her three sons who answered the call of duty.
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