GAME, Edward Arthur
| Service Number: | 3645 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Borung, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Dunolly, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Borung State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway porter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 22 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XI, Row F, Grave No. 12A. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dunolly Great War Memorial, Dunolly Memorial Pillar, Korong Vale War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3645, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3645, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3645, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 3645, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3645 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edward Game was the son of Annie Eliza Game, of Dunolly, Victoria. His father, Thomas Game, had passed away from blood poisoning during 1903, leaving a family of 11 children. Edward was about 19 years of age at the time.
His younger brother, 4979 Pte. Charles Henry Game 12th Machine Gun Company, died of wounds on 9 April 1917, aged 24.
‘Ted’ Game was said to have been a devoted son to his widowed mother. Although a native of Dunolly he spent a number of years in his late teens in Inglewood, Victoria.
He was noted in both towns for being prominent and proficient as an athlete, with foot racing, cricket and football coming alike to him. In fact, he was noted as quite a brilliant footballer, winning premierships with Dunolly and Inglewood and also going to represent the powerful South Ballarat and Geelong West football clubs.
He was extremely popular in Dunolly and Inglewood, one of the local papers reporting, “He was in all respects exemplary in character and conduct, a grand sample of the best of our Australian youth. He was a true sportsman, fair, manly, generous, and brave, and be always bad a bright smile and a cheery word for all. He seemed to carry sunshine with him everywhere.”
Ted Game gained a position with the Victorian Railways which meant he was posted to Ballarat and Geelong for periods of time.
Ted enlisted with the 7th Battalion AIF and joined them in Egypt during January 1916. On the Western front he was promoted to Corporal then Sergeant during the Pozieres fighting. He was badly wounded by shrapnel in the side and buttock on the 18 August 1916 when the 7th Battalion was fighting near Mouquet Farm. Although he reached a hospital at Etaples in France, he died of his wounds on 22 August 1916.
He left a will in favour of his mother, stating he was her sole support. His mother was awarded a pension of 53 shillings a fortnight.
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