Edmund Robert GUTHRIE

GUTHRIE, Edmund Robert

    Service Number: 549
    Enlisted: 25 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington NSW
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Christchurch, New Zealand, 1882
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Accountant
    Died: Wounds, At sea on board HS Derflinger, Egypt, 1 May 1915
    Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
    No known grave, buried at sea Row C, Grave 167, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    25 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 549, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington NSW
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Corporal, 549, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Corporal, 549, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    1 Jan 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Infantry Battalion
    1 May 1915: Involvement Sergeant, 549, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 549 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-05-01

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Tabralong Station, NSW

    Son of John Steele Guthrie and Catherine Mary Guthrie of 9 Carlton Street, St Albans, Christchurch, NZ

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Had previously served in the Militia

    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Brother, 

    2/1007 Bombardier George Webb Guthrie Trench Mortar Battery New Zealand Field Artillery killed in action 22 September 1916 age 25. Son of Catherine Mary Guthrie of 9, Carlton Mill Rd., Merivale, Christchurch, and the late John Steele Guthrie. Memorial: CATERPILLAR VALLEY (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL.

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