Edwin Mervyn LEAR

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Service Number:	1580
Enlisted:	21 December 1914, Enlisted at Hamilton, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lillimur, Kaniva, Victoria, Australia, 12 January 1895
Home Town:	Bulart, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Died of wounds - thigh and mouth, At sea on board HS Valdavia off Malta, 18 August 1915, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot A, Row X, Grave 4 Headstone inscription reads: A hero in the deadly strife for King & Country laid down his life, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

21 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1580, Enlisted at Hamilton, Victoria
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1580, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1580, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
8 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1580, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bullet wound to the shoulder
11 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1580, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wounds to the thigh and mouth

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Son of Thomas and Mary Lear of Bulart via Cavendish, Vic.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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