PRICE, Edward
| Service Number: | 4201 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Strand, London, England, 27 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Accidental (Injuries), France, 28 March 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 29 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4201, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4201, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4201, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement Driver, 4201, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4201 awm_unit: 1st Australian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-03-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The three Price brothers, Edward, Henry and Charles, came to Australia from England.
Edward married Edith Bettinelli [Bertinelli] in Claremont in 1916 prior to serving overseas.
A month into training in England (13 July 1916), he was transferred to the 3rd Division Ammunition Column (3 DAC) as a motor transport driver, and he embarked for France a month later on 25 Nov 1916.
On 27 March 1918 Edward was jammed between two lorries and died at 2.15pm the next day in the 1st South African General Hospital in Abbeville of a "crushed chest"
His older brother, 2200 Pte. Charles William Price 28th Battalion had been killed in action at Pozieres on the 29 July 1916, aged 32.
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