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OLDING, Edwin Andrew
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Nundah, Queensland, Australia, 11 July 1889 |
| Home Town: | Drummoyne, Canada Bay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Master Coachbuilder |
| Died: | Natural causes, Concord Repatriation Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 21 November 1967, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Sydney | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Feb 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 26 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 12 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Battle for Pozières , GSW back | |
| 4 Jan 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Major, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, GSW head (severe) | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HT Athenic, England for invaliding to Australia via Capetown and transshipped on 9 November 1917 to RMS Osterley - disembarking Sydney 8 December 1917. | |
| 28 Dec 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 1 Jan 1918: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Third Ypres, For consistently good work since 28 February 1917 and particularly during operations at Santuary Wood on 31 July 1917 when he handled his Battery with dash and gallantry, taking it forward to an advanced position under heavy fire before he was severely wounded by machine gun fire. He set a splendid example to his men, with the moral of the Battery directly attributable to his conduct under fire. | |
| 25 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
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