BIRTHISEL, Edward James
| Service Number: | 2577 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1915, Bendigo |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wehla, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Chiltern, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 August 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, Chiltern War Memorial Gates, Inglewood Kingower State School Honor Board, Shire of Chiltern Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wedderburn War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2577, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2577, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2577, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 18 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2577, 6th Infantry Battalion, Missing in Action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Edward James BIRTHISEL was born in Wehla, Victoria in 1886
His parents were Richard John BIRTHISEL & Mary Jane SUTTON
He married Barbara May LEMIN in Victoria in 1910 and had three children, Emma Isabella, Irene May & Linden Lentium Edward (Lennie)
He enlsted in Bendigo on 23rd July, 1915 and embarked with the 6th Infantry Battalion, 8th reinforcements on 26th August, 1915 on the ship HMAT Anchises from Melbourne
He was listed as Missing in Action on 18th August, 1916 and a later court of enquiry found he had been Killed in Action on that day - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
His brother Matthew BIRTHISEL (SN 953) also served in WW1 and died of pneumonia in England on 5th February, 1919
Another brother William George BIRTHISEL (SN 214) returned to Australia in 1918
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Age (Melbourne) 18th August, 1919 page 1
IN MEMORIAM
BIRTHISEL - In loving memory of my dear husband, Private Edward James Birthisel, who was killed in action at Pozieres on 18th August, 1916
"The war is over and victory won - to all those words sound vice
But oh how sad the hearts of those whose loved ones paid the price
He went away with hopes of returning, along with his comrades so brave
With many a hero he's sleeping, in a soldiers honoured grave
Inserted by his loving wife, Barbara May & loving children, Isabella Irene & Lennie
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