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EDGE, Albert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 428 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 April 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 29 August 1886 |
| Home Town: | Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 24 October 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Nundah Baptist Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 428, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 428, 12th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 428, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 13 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Machine Gun Company | |
| 24 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 428, 25th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 428 awm_unit: 25th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
The two enlisted children of Noah Edge and Maria (née Lavender) Edge of Queensland [both parents deceased]:-
166 L/Cpl. Ernest Edge (/explore/people/218212) - returned to Australia;
428 Pte. Albert Edge - killed in action.
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