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HARMER, Edwin Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 299 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clerkenwell, London, England, United Kingdom, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Maffra, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Malta, 30 June 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Grave XXV. 8. INSCRIPTION WE HAVE LOST & HEAVEN HAS GAINED MY DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND , Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maffra St. John's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Sale Upper Maffra West State School No 1940 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 299, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 299, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1882 Harmer Edwin Frank Holborn 1b 742.
He had previously seen 4 years service in the 21st Middlesex Regiment and two and a half years with the Hertfordshire Yeomanry.
He was 32 and the son of John Thomas Harmer and Maria Lydia Harmer; husband of Jessie Priscilla Harmer, of Tarwin Lower, South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
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