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EDWARDS, Ambrose Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2835 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Dorrigo, Bellingen, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dorrigo RSL Honor Roll, Dorrigo War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2835, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2835, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 2835, 1st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2835 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
Personal Stories
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Private Ambrose Francis Edwards
Printed in the "Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire"
Private Ambrose Francis Edwards (2835), a son of William and Amelia Edwards of Tyringham, near Dorrigo, is 24 years of age, and enlisted at Dorrigo in October, 916. He was in camp at Sydney and sailed for England on 25th November, 1916, and on his arrival there the following January, was sent to Salisbury Plains for training. He went over to France in May, 1917, and was killed at Passchendaele Ridgeon 4th October, 1917, after going through the battles of Messines and Bullecourt.
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