Edgar Harrod UDEN

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Service Number:	5426
Enlisted:	8 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Whitstable, England, 1885
Home Town:	Bonalbo, Kyogle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Picton, New South Wales, 1 September 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Section EE, Rose garden 23, Grave 0194
Memorials:

8 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5426, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5426, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5426, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
5 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5426, 17th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the right thigh. Embarked for England on 17 May 1917 aboard HS Aberdonian from Rouen
5 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5426, 17th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shell wound to the left leg and wound to the right knee. Embarked HS Issquibo for England on 13 November 1917.
31 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5426, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Severe wound to the arm. Invalided to England on 3 September 1918
5 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5426, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military district as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Ralph Edgar Uden and Ellen Uden nee Harrod of High Street, Whitstable, Kent, England

Served his five year carpentry apprenticeship with E. Reeves of Whitstable, Kent, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Karoola disembarking on 31 January 1919 as wounded.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.

During 1924c Edgar married Emma Chatwin Arter in Marrickville, NSW