Edward Erskine POYNTON

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POYNTON, Edward Erskine

Service Number:	2767
Enlisted:	20 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Whorouly, Victoria, Australia, 6 August 1895
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Roseworthy Agricultural College, South Australia
Occupation:	Motor mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 July 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 12.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beechworth War Memorial, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Kalgoorlie Boulder 84th Infantry Goldfields Regiment Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Roseworthy Agricultural College Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2767, 28th Infantry Battalion
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2767, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2767, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
3 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2767, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2767 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-03

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Edward Erskine Poynton had been born in Victoria. His father, Mr. Edward Poynton, was the head master of the Kalgoorlie Central School. Young Edward had attended Roseworthy Agricultural College in South Australia during 1914. When he enlisted, he was employed in the workshops at the Kalgoorlie end of the trans-Australian railway.

Edward transferred to the 51st Battalion in early 1916, during the reorganisation of the AIF. In France, he was in the trenches in a quieter section of trenches at Armentières, dubbed 'the Nursery sector'. He was killed by shell fire along with ten others of the 51st Battalion when they were hit by a sudden bombardment during the wee hours of 3 July 1916.

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