STRAKER, Edward Oswald
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 10 November 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Manchester, England, 23 July 1877 |
Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
Died: | North Sydney, New South Wales, 11 August 1931, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
10 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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8 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hymettus embarkation_ship_number: A1 public_note: '' | |
8 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hymettus, Sydney | |
15 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
28 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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"STRAKER.- The Funeral of the late EDWARD OSWALD STRAKER, formerly of Ascot, 50 Bay-road North Sydney will leave Wood Coffill's Funeral Home, corner Miller and Falcon streets, North Sydney, THIS THURSDAY, after service commencing at 1.30 p.m., for Waverley Cemetery, Motor Funeral." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 13 Aug 1931 (nla.gov.au)