Edgar WILLIAMS

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Service Number:	772
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 June 1890
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	South Melbourne State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Upholsterer
Died:	Cardiac failure, bonchial pneumonia, pulmonary oedema, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 30 August 1951, aged 61 years
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Garden of Remembrance 2, Wall 7, Section 10, Niche 259.
Memorials:	South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 772, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 772, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
5 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 772, 5th Infantry Battalion, Departed Alexandria, Egypt per A12 Nevian en route for the Dardanelles
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 772, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wounds in the back and arm
13 Nov 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion
11 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 772, 5 Infantry Battalion AMF, Harbonnieres Sector Gun Shot Wound, bullet entered left thigh, penetrated the right testicle, lodged in the right thigh. Bullet removed 12th General Hospital, Rouen.
16 Mar 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 772, 5th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Devonport, UK per Czaritza, changed ships in Alexandria, Egypt to Dunluce Castle. Disembarked Melbourne 15 May, 1919.
14 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 772, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged with permanent disabilities. Never worked again. Received the 1914-1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals.

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