Edgar Alan SOPER

SOPER, Edgar Alan

    Service Number: 1306
    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
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1306, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    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

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    Biography 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

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