Charles EDWARDS

EDWARDS, Charles

    Service Number: 738
    Enlisted: 9 September 1914, Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 4th Field Ambulance
    Born: London, England, 1890
    Home Town: Not yet discovered
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Locomotive Fireman
    Died: 9 March 1938, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    9 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 738, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 738, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Embarked on HMAT Ceramic 'A40' from Melbourne on 22nd December 1914.
    12 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 738, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli
    28 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 738, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Shrapnel to right arm
  • 28th August 1915 - admitted to 16th Casualty Clearing Station and 4th Field Ambulance
  • 29th August 1915 - transferred to HS Devanha and disembarked at Malta
  • 4th September 1915 - admitted to Cottonera Hospital
  • 15th March 1916 - transferred to St Peter's Hospital at Ghajn Tuffieha Camp
  • 2nd April 1916 - rejoined unit
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    16 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Divisional Signal Company
    2 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 738, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Embarked on Kinsfaun Castle from Alexandria, Egypt on 2nd June 1916, disembarking Marseilles, France on 8th June 1916 to join British Expeditionary Force.
    23 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Field Ambulance
    12 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Field Ambulance
    14 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Field Ambulance
    18 Oct 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 738, 4th Field Ambulance, Embarked for return to Australia on Port Sydney on 18th October 1918, disembarking Fremantle on 25th November 1918.
    23 Jan 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 738, 4th Field Ambulance

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