S5498
EDMONDS, George Francis Charles
| Service Numbers: | 190, 3671 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1914, at Morphettville |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Guernsey, Channel Islands, English Channel, 1 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | 1 January 1964, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 190, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Morphettville | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 190, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 190, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
| 2 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 190, 10th Infantry Battalion, GSW Chest | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3671, 8th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3671, 6th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3671, 8th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3671, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3671, 3rd Field Company Engineers |
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Personal Information: George Francis Charles Edmonds was born in Guernsey, the Channel Islands in the English Channel. He was 23 years old when he enlisted in Adelaide on the 19th of August, 1914.
Family: His father’s name was George Edmonds. Information about other family members is unknown.
Physical appearance: He is described as having a fresh and fair complexion with blue eyes and brown hair. Distinctive marks include vaccination marks on his left arm and a small scar on his left wrist.
Occupation: His occupation was a carpenter.
Life after WW1: He survived the war. Information about his life after the war is unknown. He is buried in the Centennial Park Cemetery in South Australia.
Service number: 3671/190*
Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion E Company
Date of enlistment: 21st August 1914
He travelled on the Ship Ascanius.
Service History:
Date Event
02.05.15 Wounded
04.05.15 GSW Chest Disemb. in Malta
04.05.15 Admitted Chest Disemb. in Malta
21.06.15 Reformed From Karoola To Gallipoli.
28.06.15 Rejoined from wounded in Gallipoli
03.08.15 Sick to hospital in Gallipoli
04.08.15 Adm Neurasthenia
07.08.15 Sick to Hospital in Gallipoli Peninsula
08.08.15 Admitted Neurasthenia
09.08.14 Disembarked at Alexandria
09.08.15 Admitted for Neurasthenia in Cairo
14.08.15 Admitted “Nerves” in Cairo
30.08.15 Admitted “Nerves” in Cairo
30.08.15 Admitted Mental
04.09.15 Admitted Neurasthenia in Cairo
05.09.15 Neurasthenia shock to Australia in Heliopolis
04.11.15 To Australia 3 months change in Suez
04.12.15 “Karoola” Neurasthenia
08.05.16 Discharged
14.02.18 Leave to Paris
23.02.18 From Leave
03.09.18 Leave to the UK
10.10.18 From Leave
Medals:
1914/15 Star
British War Memorial
Victory Medal
*He has two service numbers because he seems to have enlisted twice, once when he was 23 years old and 8 months on the 19th of August 1914 and then when he was 25 years old on the 4th of January 1917.