EDGAR, Harold Stanley
| Service Number: | 67 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1916, 2 years AMC |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Islington, New South Wales, Australia, 2 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 21 March 1923, aged 27 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-25. 136 |
| Memorials: | Islington St Mark's Honour Roll, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 67, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 67, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 18 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 67, 20th Infantry Battalion, 2 years AMC | |
| 25 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 67, 5th Field Ambulance, Twice wounded in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Gary Mitchell
Resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
97 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 22nd March 1923, Private Harold Stanley Edgar, (also known as Snowy), 5th Australian Field Ambulance, clerk (Divisional Engineering Staff, Railway Department, Honeysuckle Point, N.S.W.), of 8 Maitland Road, Islington, New South Wales and Dumaresq Street, Hamilton South, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 27. ANGLICAN 1-25. 136.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139355176 - funeral notice does not state service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139365460
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163188997
Born on the 2nd October 1895 to Edward James and Elizabeth Jane Edgar; husband of Eva Edgar nee Orr (married 1922, died 1967, 44 years a widow), Harold enlisted March 1915 with the 20th Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137205423
Wounded in action - 5.5.1916 (multiple shrapnel wounds, face - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133891914), 1.9.1918 (shrapnel wound, back and buttock - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137490088, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137487550), Snowy was also admitted to hospital on the 4.5.1918 with influenza.
Mr Edgar was invalided home Anzac Day 1919.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139655497
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162568927
Harold’s name has been inscribed on the Honeysuckle Point Loco Workshop Roll of Honour, Islington St. Mark's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Wickham Superior Public School Roll Of Honour, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honor (Board 1) and the Newcastle Protestant Alliance-Perseverance Lodge No. 40 Honour Roll.
Mr Edgar’s grave plaque inscription has no indication that he served in the 1st A.I.F., nor does he have a Commemorative Plaque in the New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, so let’s remember Mr Edgar today, a forgotten digger of Sandgate Cemetery and The Great War.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/…/war-…/index.php…
Older brother Percy James (Reg No-1111, born 1893, died 1938) also served 1st A.I.F.
https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/259276
Lest We Forget.
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