Edwin Walter PHELPS

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Service Number:	2468
Enlisted:	5 May 1916, Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Annandale, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1900
Home Town:	Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Eversleigh Home of Peace Hospital, Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 8 June 1969, aged 69 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Cremated
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ryde Public School Roll of Honour

5 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2468, Sydney
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2468, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2468, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Anchises, Sydney
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Bullecourt (First), Captured near Reincourt. Repatriated to England 28 December 1918.
11 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2468, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bullecourt (First), GSW left leg
1 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2468, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HT China, England for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 11 June 1919
19 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2468, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)

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