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DEVITT, Edgar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4230 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Manor Park, Essex, England, United Kingdom, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 22 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Berks Cemetery Extension Grave:: II. B. 19. INSCRIPTION DEARLY BELOVED SON OF ROSA & THOS. DEVITT, Berks Cemetery Extension, Wallonie, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4230, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4230, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was born in Manor Park, then in Essex-birth registration:
Births Sep 1896 Devitt Edgar W. Ham 4a 221
He was 21 and the son of Thomas and Rosa Devitt, of The Homestead, Westward Rd., South Chingford, Essex, England. The inscription they chose for his wargrave reads:
DEARLY BELOVED SON OF ROSA & THOS, DEVITT
He is commemorated on the Chingford War Memorial, a Grade II listed war memorial cross at the junction of King's Head Hill and The Ridgeway, Chingford, London, E4
It was unveiled in 1921, and was designed by W. A. Lewis.
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