ADDY, Edward
| Service Numbers: | 1, Commissioned Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914, Woolloongabba, Queensland Served as Colour Sergeant for 22 years in Norfolk Regiment, British Army. |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Catfield, Norfolk, England , 5 July 1872 |
| Home Town: | Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Dysentry, Malta, 18 August 1915, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Plot A, Row V111A, Grave 6 INSCRIPTION - HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY HIS SOUL TO HIS GOD |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, 1, 9th Infantry Battalion, Woolloongabba, Queensland Served as Colour Sergeant for 22 years in Norfolk Regiment, British Army. | |
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| 20 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, 1, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 24 Sep 1914: |
Embarked
AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, 1, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' |
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| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, 1, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 28 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, per service record | |
| 25 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Evacuated Dysentry - to Malta. Died of Illness 18 Aug 15 --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-08-18 | |
| 4 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 43 and the son of Edward and Mary Ann Addy; husband of Annie Laura Addy, of 72, Magdalen St., Colchester, England.
He is remembered on the Catfield War Memorial.
Births Sep 1872 ADDY Edward Smallburgh 4b 44
Smallburgh is in the county of Norfolk
Biography
Arrived in Australia aged 39 years
9 Battalion
Rank - Lt.
24 April 1914 Promoted to 2 Lt.
27 July 1916 - Transferred to ship Neuralia for Malta
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Edward and Mary Ann Addy; Husband of Annie Laura Addy, of 72, Magdalen St., Colchester, England. Father of Dorothy May Addy, Edward John Addy, Pearl Mary Addy and Ramond Clive Addy
Biography contributed by Nicole Bishop
He was 43 and the son of Edward and Maria Ann Addy; husband of Annie Laura Addy, of 72, Magdalen St., Colchester, England.
He is remembered on the Catfield War Memorial.
Births Sep 1872 ADDY Edward Smallburgh 4b 44
Smallburgh is in the county of Norfolk
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
During 1911, Edward and his family moved to Australia. He joined the Commonwealth Forces as a Staff-Sergeant Major. In the 1912 electoral roll, they were living at Craig Street, Red Hill in Brisbane.
Edward Addy’s younger brother, who also emigrated to Australia, was 20214 Sergeant Alfred Addy, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column AIF, was discharged in Brisbane in 1918 and died of illness in an Enoggera Military Hospital on 27 February 1920.
Edward Addy was entitled to the India Medal 1895 with clasps Punjab Frontier 1897-98 and Tirah 1897-98 and the Long Service and Good Conduct medal with gratuity for his service with the Norfolk Regiment.
The war diary for the 9th Battalion on 20 July 1915 at ANZAC show that “Lieut A ADDY sent away ill”. Edward was sent to No. 2 Australian Stationary Hospital at Mudros from Gallipoli, being admitted on 20 July before being transferred the next day. Recorded as “slightly sick”, he was sent to Malta and was admitted to Imtarfa Hospital on 25 July 1915. He died from dysentery at Imtarfa Hospital on Malta at 7.45 pm on 17 August 1915 of dysentery and heart failure. His clinical case sheet recorded he was “conscious to within 12 hours of death, though wandering in mind at times, died from heart failure Aug 17 1915.” Edward was buried at Pieta Military Cemetery at Tal-Pieta, Malta. Pieta Military Cemetery is situated in Our Lady of Sorrows Street, (Triq Id Duluri) Pieta. His gravestone has the epitaph “His life for his country, his soul to his God”.
Edward Addy’s youngest son, Raymond Clive Addy was the only family member born in Australia, during 1913. He served in WW2 as Lance Corporal 5947065 in the 1/7 Battalion Middlesex Regiment, a Territorial Battalion. Raymond was killed in action on 23rd March 1943 in Tunisia, North Africa.
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