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, 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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