Edwin Austin URE

URE, Edwin Austin

Service Number: 5921
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Hawksburn, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Elwood, Victoria, Australia, 18 June 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

2 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 5921, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 5921, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was Wattle Avenue, Caulfield, Victoria

Son of Edwin Alexander Ure and Helen Elder Ure nee Wilson of Carrol Crescent, East Malvern, Victoria.

16 May 1916 - enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria, with the 21st Battalion and with the rank of Private.

21 November 1918 - transferred to the 22nd Battalion

25 January 1919 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 23 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

20 April 1918 - discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

 

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