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SOPER, Edgar Alan
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1306 |
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Enlisted: | 1 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Lauraston, New South Wales, 1889 |
Home Town: | Fairfield, Fairfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died of wounds - multiple followed by septicemia, At sea on board HS Nile, 6 September 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave. Buried at sea Panel 64 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
1 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1306, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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16 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 19th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1306, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1306, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
2 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1306, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound fracturing the right thigh; wounds to the left leg, right shoulder and left hand. Invalided to HS Nile where he died at sea | |
6 Sep 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1306, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1306 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-09-06 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his brother Francis Joseph Soper of Fairfield. NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal