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LEAR, Edwin Mervyn
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1580 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1580, Enlisted at 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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas and Mary Lear of Bulart via Cavendish, Vic.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal