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FAIRLIE, Edward
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2167, SN 2167 |
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| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 11 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Albert State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Woodworker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough Albert State School War Memorial, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough St. Stephen's Honour Roll, Maryborough State High School Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
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World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2167, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2167, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 2167, Bullecourt (First), First day of engagement in battle, four days after returning to his unit from hospital where he had been suffering from mumps for four weeks. |
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