Edison WAIT

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Service Number:	352
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Metcalfe, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Metcalfe, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Metcalfe School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 18 May 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Swan Hill Memorial Park
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Metcalfe War Memorial

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 352, 29th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 352, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 352, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Also wounded in same action (BW to right arm and side of body). Returned to Australia 5 March 1919 after reportedly escaping German POW camp in late 1918.
27 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 352, 29th Infantry Battalion, RTA 5 March 1919 and discharged as medically unfit

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Edison Wait is also remembered on the Metcalfe School Honour Roll and the Metcalfe War Memorial, Vic.

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