Edwin Lee WITCOMBE

Edwin Lee WITCOMBE Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	845
Enlisted:	1 August 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
Born:	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 11 February 1888
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Neutral Bay Public School
Occupation:	Plumber
Memorials:

1 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 845, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Liverpool, NSW
20 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 845, 4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Te Anau embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 845, 4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, SS Te Anau, Sydney

Help us honour Edwin Lee Witcombe's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Son of the late Robert and Elizabeth WITCOMBE

Husband of Marion Gertrude WITCOMBE, 14 Cabramatta Road, Mosman, New South Wales.

Served in Rabaul as garrison plumber assisting in the erection of the wirless mast at Bita Paka. Contracted malaria fever and returned to Austrlaia.

Discharged March 8, 1918

Showing 2 of 2 images.
Click images to start slideshow.