LEAR, Edwin Mervyn
| Service Number: | 1580 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 December 1914, 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 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cavendish Bulart District Pictorial Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1580, 7th Infantry Battalion, Hamilton, Victoria | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas and Mary Lear of Bulart via Cavendish, Vic.
A HERO IN THE DEADLY STRIFE FOR KING & COUNTRY LAID DOWN HIS LIFE
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Mrs. M. Lear, of Cavendish, has received a cable announcing the death of her son, Private Edwin Mervyn Lear, of the 7th battalion, who was killed in action at the Dardanelles on August 21. Private Lear, who was well and very favourably known in the district of Cavendish, from which town he enlisted about Christmas time, was a son of Mrs. M. Lear and the late Mr. Thomas Lear. He first went to Egypt, and was wounded in the landing at the Dardanelles, and after being in hospital returned to the front on July 26. A brother, William, is also at the Dardanelles.
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