Edmond Young Edgar SLATER

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SLATER, Edmond Young Edgar

Service Numbers:	1502, 1503
Enlisted:	16 January 1916, Machine Gun Section
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Greta, New South Wales, Australia , 6 April 1893
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Protestant School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Armentieres, France, 1 March 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot IV, Row F, Grave No. 16
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newcastle Wharf Labourers Union Roll of Honor, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

16 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1502, 35th Infantry Battalion, Machine Gun Section
1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1503, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1503, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

From ‎Gary Mitchell‎, Sandgate Cemetery

Private Edmond Young Edgar Slater, 35th Battalion (Machine Gun Section), wharf labourer from 54 Henry Street, Tighes Hill, New South Wales, fell on the 1st March 1917 at Armentieres, France, age 23 years 11 months.
Resting at Cite Bonjean MIlitary Cemetery, Armentieres, France. Plot IV Row F Grave 16.

His older brother was Private Abraham Parker Slater, 35th Battalion, wharf labourer from 54 Henry Street, Tighes Hill, New South Wales, laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery on the 20th July 1929, age 42. ANGLICAN 2-142. 22.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134493067- funeral notice does not state service.
Wounded in action - 7.6.1917 (Battle of Messines, gassed), 30.4.1918 (gassed), 22.8.1918 (GSW, left arm). Invalided home January 1919.

Lest We Forget.

From Natalie Crowe, Harrower Collection

Private: 1503 Edmund Young Edgar SLATER.

Born: 1893. Greta, New South Wales, Australia. Birth Cert:15821/1893.

Died: 1st March 1917. Killed in Action Armentieres, France.

Father: Abraham Slater
Mother: Catherine Slater. nee: Farnham. 2nd marriage.

INFORMATION

Edmund Slater enlisted with the Machine Gun Section, 35th Battalion AIF on the 16th of January 1916 and left Sydney on board HMAT A24 "Benalla" on the 1st of May 1916 and disembarked at Plymouth, England on the 9th of July 1916. Edmund was admitted to the 9th Brigade Hospital suffering from Bronchitis on the 8th of November 1916.

Edmund returned to the 35th on the 14th of November and proceeded overseas on the 21st from Southampton for France. He was taken on strength with the battalion and proceeded to the front line. He was Killed in Action on the 1st of March 1917 at Armentieres, France and is remembered with honour and is commemerated in perpetuity by the Commonweath War Graves Commission. Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France.

Family Information
Edmund was a 23 year old Labourer from Tighe's Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales. He lived with his brother Abraham Parker Slater and his wife Winifred Slater at 54 Henry Street. His next of kin was listed as his mother Mrs C Farnham of Congwai Street, Aberdare, New South Wales.

Edmund's Victory Medal:43205 to PTE 1503 E Y E SLATER 35 Bn AIF was acquired with his brothers British War Medal in August 2005 and are now in the collection. His medals were first issued to his mother in 1922.

Edmond's older brother Private: 1238 Abraham Parker SLATER 36th BN AIF and he also served with his cousin Private: 2383 John SLATER 36th Bn AIF Killed in Action and Step brother Sergeant: 176 Gordon Charles FARNHAM D.C.M, M.M. 3rd Field Ambulance, B Squadron.

Family Information
Abraham and Catherine Slaterhad 5 children, 3 boys and 2 girls. Esther M Slater born 1881 at Lambton, N.S.W. Birth Cert:24780/1881. Robert Maudsley Slater born 1883 at Lambton, N.S.W. Birth Cert:28194/1883. Isabella J Slater born 1885 at Lambton, N.S.W. Birth Cert:30310/1885. Abraham Parker Slater born 1887 at Lambton, N.S.W. Birth Cert:32229 /1887. Edmond Young Edgar Slater born 1893 at Lambton, N.S.W. Birth Cert:15821/1893.

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