Edward Allen FOUNTAIN

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Service Number:	6386
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Drummoyne, , date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Lakemba, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

9 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6386, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6386, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Edward was born Edgar Allen FOUNTAIN in 1896 in Drummoyne, Sydney NSW

His parents were Frederick FOUNTAIN and Mary Elizbeth HUNAND

He enlisted on 8th March, 1916 with the 2nd battalion

He was discharged in Dec. 1916 before going into combat for being AWOL for 4 weeks and went to Cumnock in NSW and re-enlisted as Edgar

He rejoined his battalion in 1917 in France and was killed by machine gun fire in Hermies on 9th April, 1917

No known grave - Commemorated in the Australian National Memorial Villers Bretonneux, France

His brothers Keith Huband FOUNTAIN and Reginald Frederick FOUNTAIN were both wounded but later returned to Australia