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EDMONDSON, Francis Ernest

Service Numbers:	865, VX14287
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Albert Park, Vic.
Last Rank:	Farrier Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Goroke, Victoria, Australia, 4 August 1889
Home Town:	Goroke, West Wimmera, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Memorials:	Kowree Shire Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Albert Park, Vic.
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement 865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked 865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
30 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli
12 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Egypt
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Battle for Pozières
14 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Mouquet Farm
4 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres
18 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , German Spring Offensive 1918
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , "The Last Hundred Days"
24 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , RTA 24 September 1918 for discharge.

World War 2 Service

20 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), VX14287, Enlisted at Caulfield, Vic. as a Staff Sergeant with 2/2 Aust Field Workshops.
2 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), VX14287, Staff Sergeant, 2/2 Aust Field Workshops

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