WOODWARD, Edgar Hubert
| Service Number: | 4914 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 August 1915, Cootamundra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wilston, NSW, 19 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | Young, Young, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bringelly Public School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Illness, France, 27 November 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre IV R 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4914, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Cootamundra, NSW | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4914, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4914, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney | |
| 27 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 4914, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4914 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-11-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Edgar Hubert Woodward was born at Wilton, New South Wales, on 19th April, 1891, and was the son of Mr. Alfred Woodward and Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Woodward. He was educated at Bringelly Public School, where his father was the headmaster, and he entered the Bank’s service at Cootamundra on 12th January, 1909. He was transferred to Crookwell, as ledger-keeper, on 24th February, 1911; to Coolamon in April of the same year; to Ardlethan, as assistant, in July, 1912; to Young, as ledger-keeper, in May, 1913; and on 13th May of the following year he was promoted to the position of teller there.
Edgar Woodward enlisted in the A.I.F. at Young on 28th August, 1915, and left Australia on 8th March of the following year. From July, 1916, he served in France with the 55th Battalion until he was transferred to the 5th Divisional Observers in November, 1917.
After serving in France and Belgium from July, 1916, until the signing of the Armistice, Private Edgar Hubert Woodward died from bronchial pneumonia on 27th November, 1918, at Le Havre, France, where he was buried in the British Cemetery.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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