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POWELL, Edward James

Service Number:	3579
Enlisted:	23 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Berrigan, New South Wales, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Berrigan, Berrigan, New South Wales
Schooling:	State School, Berrigan, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Wounds, France, 14 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berrigan ANZAC Remembers Memorial Walls, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

23 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3579, 13th Infantry Battalion
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3579, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3579, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

Edward was only 17 years 10 months old when he died.