Edward Henry WILKINSON

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WILKINSON, Edward Henry

Service Number:	4333
Enlisted:	13 September 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lidcombe, New South Wales, December 1894
Home Town:	Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Lidcombe Public School
Occupation:	Carriage builder
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 24 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

13 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4333, Holsworthy, New South Wales
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4333, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4333, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
24 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4333, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4333 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-24

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...4333 Private Edward Henry Wilkinson, 3rd (later 2nd) Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A carriage builder prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 30 December 1915. He was killed in action near Pozieres, France on 23 July 1916, aged 21. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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