EDMONDS, Roy Alexander
| Service Number: | 1113 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie |
| Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1113, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1113, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Roy Alexander EDMONDS, (Service Number 1113) was born on 7 July 1896 at Armidale NSW. He first worked for the NSWGR as a junior porter in the Murrurundi District on 27 July 1914. By the time that he had turned 21 and thus became an (adult) porter he was already serving in the AIF as he had been released from duty on 10 February 1916. On his Attestation Papers he states that he is not married, his calling is as a railway porter and that he is still serving in the Militia in the 13th Infantry Signals.
He was killed in action in France on 8 August 1918.
Submitted 24 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Roy Alexander EDMONDS (Service Number 1113) was born on 7th July 1896 at Armidale NSW. He first worked for the NSWGR as a junior porter in the Murrurundi District from 27th July 1914. By the time that he had turned 21 and thus become an (adult) porter he was already serving in the AIF . He had been released from duty on 10th February 1916. On his Attestation Papers he states that he is not married and that he is still serving in the Militia in the 13th Infantry Signals.
He was allocated to the 33rd Battalion and left Sydney on board HMAT ‘Marathon’ on 4th May 1916. He reached Devonport, UK, on 9 th July. After training in England, he went to France on 21st November via Southampton. He was wounded with a gunshot to his hand and on 7th June . He was evacuated to England. After recovery he was given furlough until 7th September. He was admitted to hospital with VD for 44 days until 17th November. Further service at training depots in England followed. In February 1918 he was charged with being AWL on two occasions.
He went back to France in June. After a short time with the 34th Battalion, he returned to the 33rd on 6th July. He was killed in action of 8th August 1918. He was at first buried in an isolated grave near Hamel. In the rationalisation of cemeteries after the war he was exhumed and re-interred at Heath Military Cemetery, 1½ miles E of Harbonnières.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board