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EDLINGTON, Alfred Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6557A |
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Enlisted: | 15 August 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Signaller |
Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 17 August 1897 |
Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
Schooling: | Wandilo Primary School and Mt Gambier High School |
Occupation: | School Teacher |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 11 August 1918, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide High School Honour Board, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier War Memorial, South Australian Education Department Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6557A, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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24 Jan 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6557A, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
24 Jan 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6557A, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
9 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
11 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Signaller, 6557A, 28th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6557A awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Signaller awm_died_date: 1918-08-11 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Danni Reade
Alfred Edlington served 4 years in Cadets and 1 year in Citizens Forces.
Alfred trained at Army Signalling School at Dunstable, England.