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ARCHER, Edward James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 409 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | 5 March 1951, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 409, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Jun 1915: | Involvement 409, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Embarked 409, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 409, 6th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action at Rosières-en-Santerre, France on August 9th, 1918. He had his wounds attended to in the field by Private Charles Herbert Stewart, SN 7572 who was subsequently killed instantly by a sniper at the time. |
Personal Stories
WW1
The details provided are taken from the book "Stealth Raiders - a few daring men in 1918" written by Lucas Jordan and published in 2017 - refer to pages 147 and 261. Prior to the war this member was a railway porter of Annandale NSW. He enlisted 9th Feb 1915 aged 23 years. In 1918 he was a Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion. He was awarded the MC during his service, and he returned to Australia 2 Jan 1919.
Submitted 7 January 2020 by Maxwell HILL
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