EDNIE, James
| Service Number: | 1942 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, 1871 |
| Home Town: | Port Fairy, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Port Fairy School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pyarrhoea - General Septicaemia, 57 Hobart Street, Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia, 29 March 1924 |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Presb. Q 514 |
| Memorials: | Port Fairy School Roll of Honor, Port Fairy War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1942, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1942, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1942, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of the late Andrew EDNIE and Mary EDNIE nee RODGER
NOK - Sister, Mrs J Osmond, Port Fairy, Victoria
EDNIE.—On the 29th March, at his brother's residence, William Ednie, 57 Hobart street, Murrumbeena, James (late 14th Battalion A.I.F.), beloved youngest son of the late Andrew and Mary Ednie, late of Port Fairy, loving brother of Janet (Mrs. Osmond), Andrew, and Mary (Mrs. Lawford), aged 52 years.
James was born in in 1871 at Port Fairy the son of Andrew Ednie and his wife Mary Kennedy.
James was a Labourer and had served three years with the Victorian Militia when he enlisted 20 January 1915, at Liverpool, NSW and with the 13th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement he embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 13 April 1915.
On 3 March 1916 James was transferred to the 45th Battalion from the 13th Battalion as Tel-el-Kebir.
On 7 August 1916 at Pozieres he received a shrapnel wound to the left thigh flesh wound but no bone injury] and was admitted to the Wharncliff War Hospital in Sheffield. He was off duty for two and half months and then he did light duties of six months in England before returning to France in April 1917. and transferred to 14 General Hospital in London.
He was suffering from Trench Fever 2 June 1917and was admitted to the A A Hospital in Cambridge. He returned to Australia 3 January 1918 on board HMAR A32 Themistocles suffering from Trench Fever and debility and was discharged 5 February 1918.
In the 1924 Electoral Rolls James a Labourer was living with his brother William at 57 Hobart Road in Murrumbeena.
James died 25 March 1924 and he was buried in the family grave at the Brighton Cemetery at Presbyterian Q Grave 514.
Courtesy of Lois - Brighton Crematorians
Source:
NAA, AIF Project, BDM’s, Trove Newspapers, Brighton Cemetery Registers
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