KING, Edward
| Service Number: | 1626 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Avoca, Tasmania, Australia, 30 December 1883 |
| Home Town: | Avoca, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 15 October 1917, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord Pas de Calais, France Plot I, Row O, Grave No. 8. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1626, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1626, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1626, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 15 Oct 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 1626, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1626 awm_unit: 5th Division Trench Mortar Brigade Australian Field Artillery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Gunner Edward King died of wounds at the 11th Casualty Station, France, on the 15 October 1917. Born at Avoca, Tasmania he enlisted in New South Wales in the 6th Light Horse Regiment, and saw service in Egypt. He afterwards volunteered to a Heavy Howitzer battery in France, from which he was transferred to a Heavy Trench Mortar Brigade, and while serving with this he received wounds in the thigh and throat which resulted in his death. He was a son of Sergeant John King, formerly of the 21st Royal Scotch Fusiliers, and later of the Police Force at Avoca and St. Marys, who had passed away in 1901 and of the late Mrs. Bridget King, of Tasmania who had died during 1914.
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