Edwin Ernest WOOLLETT

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WOOLLETT, Edwin Ernest

Service Number:	2246
Enlisted:	13 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bombala, New South Wales, Australia , 22 August 1877
Home Town:	Narooma, Eurobodalla, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 26 July 1916, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bodalla All Saints Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Narooma Soldiers Memorial School of Arts Hall, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2246, Depot Battalion , Liverpool, New South Wales
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2246, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2246, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
4 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2246, 20th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for M.E.F Gallipoli per H.M.T. "Minnewaska"
12 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2246, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Joined Unit -- T.O.S -- Gallipoli
9 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2246, 20th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt -- Gallipoli Evacuation ex H.M.T. "Unknown"
18 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2246, 20th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Ingoma"
25 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2246, 20th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
26 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2246, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Killed In Action

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Biography

Edwin Ernest WOOLLETT enlisted in the Australian Army on 05 Jul 1915. He was allocated to: 20th Battalion (Infantry), 4th Reinforcements 1st AIF. His Service Number was 2246.

He embarked from Sydney NSW on 30 Sept 1915, on board the HMAT Argyllshire, and saw action in Gallipoli before embarking to France, where his was killed in action on 26 Jul 1916, in a battle just outside of the town Pozieres, near Villiers-Bretonneux. His body was never found.

He is commemorated in the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, which is located about two kilometers north of the town of Villers-Bretonneux, on the east side of the road.

Edwin never married and had no children.

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