Edgar Hope CHURCHER MM

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Service Number:	3527
Enlisted:	7 September 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 21 January 1893
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Watchmaker
Memorials:

7 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3527, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3527, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3527, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
13 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
2 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, 52nd Infantry Battalion, From 12th Battalion
2 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 52nd Infantry Battalion
6 Jul 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, London Gazette on 21 August 1917, page 8647, position 7 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 1917, page 3378, position 142
21 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 52nd Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 52nd Infantry Battalion, In France
16 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 52nd Battalion in the field
15 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Son of George Churcher of 97 Margaret Street, Launceston, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 12 July 1919 aboard HT Indarra

Medals: Military Medal, !914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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