HAIGH, Edwin
| Service Numbers: | 1569 , 1569 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Laxton, Yorkshire, England, 20 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Penrose, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Warwick College, Greenock, Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Penrose, New South Wales, Australia, 7 December 1957, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Penrose Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Methodist area, Row 4, Grave 6. Headstone inscription reads: In Jesus keeping |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1569 , 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1569, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1569, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney | |
| 11 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1569 , 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bayonet wound to the left buttock. Invalided to England aboard HT Karoola on 23 September 1915 | |
| 19 Apr 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1569 , 2nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the back. | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1569 , 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was c/- of his sister Alice Davy nee Haigh, Penrose, Wingello, (Southern Line), NSW
Son of Maurice Haigh and Ellen Haigh nee Howden of Yorke Street, Howden, Yorkeshire, England.
Brother of Annie Elizabeth Haigh, John Harry Haigh, Arthur Maurice Haigh, Petty Officer Stoker Joseph Robert Haigh of the Royal Navy and who died while serving aboard HMS Queen Mary and has no known grave. His name appears on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 16, and Elsie Haigh
Commemced return to Australia on 24 June 1916 aboard HS Port Sydney as wounded disembarking on 28 July 1916
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal