Victor Horace EDWARDS

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EDWARDS, Victor Horace

Service Number:	266
Enlisted:	18 October 1914, Guildford, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Cottesloe, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Natural causes, Fremantle, Western Australia, 25 May 1957
Cemetery:	Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Presbyterian MON EE 0056
Memorials:	Peppermint Grove St Columba's Presbyterian Church Cottesloe WWI Honour Board

World War 1 Service

18 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 266, Guildford, Western Australia
8 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trumpeter, 266, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Trumpeter, 266, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle
1 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trumpeter, 266, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Apr 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 266, 10th Light Horse Regiment

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From Western Australia, 10th Australian Light Horse

266 Victor Horace Edwards

266 Sergeant Victor Horace Edwards of Cottesloe enlisted on 19 October 1914 as a trumpeter with B Squadron, 10 Light Horse and embarked from Fremantle on HMAT 47 Mashobra on 17 February 1915. He arrived on Gallipoli on 1 August 1915, was evacuated in October and returned to duty in November. He was mentioned in despatches on 20 September and returned to Australia in advance of his unit on 29 April 1919.

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