GEE, Edward
Service Number: | 661 |
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Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale,WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Oxford, England, 1890 |
Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Bedford House School, Oxford, England |
Occupation: | Railway Employee |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 28 June 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row G, Grave 21 Chaplain J.C. McPhee officiated, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bornholm Elleker-Youngs District War Memorial, Bornholm Kronkup & District Honour Roll, Bornholm Memorial Shields, Boulder Goldfields First Enlistments WWI Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 661, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale,WA | |
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2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 661, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 661, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 20 years
Address at the time of enlistment C/- Transcontinental Railway Line, WA
Son of Charles William Seaborne Gee and Isabelle Gee of Fairbank Farm, Roturoa, NZ formerly of Oxford, England. Brother of Arthur Gee of Fremantle, WA who returned to Australia on 28 January 1916 having served with the 11th Battalion
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Had previously served with the Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars for about 4 years