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CULLEN, Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1865 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Cooyar State School Roll of Honour, Cooyar War Memorial, Maidenwell, Wengenville & District War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 1865, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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3 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 1865, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
Edward Cullen
Edward (Ned) Cullen was born in Toowoomba Qld in 1893 and he came to the Maidenwell district in 1913, when he and his brother Joe Cullen selected a block of land at Pimpimbudgee.
He served overseas in WW1 and was mentioned in dispatches in France. On his return in 1918, Ned selected Portion 18 Tureen in 1919.
Ned married Esther Maude Porter in Toowoomba.
Submitted 23 April 2025 by Bronwyn Spencer