Eric Stanley EDWARDS

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Service Number:	5087
Enlisted:	16 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	York, Western Australia, 18 May 1884
Home Town:	Denmark, Denmark, Western Australia
Schooling:	Beverley School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Miller
Died:	Died of wounds, Bapaume, Somme Sector, France, 1 April 1917, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Pozières British Cemetery Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 41
Memorials:	Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beverley District Honour Roll WW1, Beverley St Mary's Anglican Church Lynchgate, Beverley War Memorial, York War Memorial

16 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5087, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5087, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5087, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle
7 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Infantry Battalion
20 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
1 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 5087, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5087 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-01

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Eric Stanley EDWARDS was born in York, Western Australia in 1885

His parents were William John EDWARDS & Maria Ann MOULTON who married in Beverley, WA in 1881

He married Ivy May OLIVER in WA in 1916