Edgar MARA MM

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Service Numbers:	6883, S75754
Enlisted:	27 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
Born:	Canowie Station, Jamestown, South Australia, 31 December 1894
Home Town:	Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boot-maker
Died:	Natural Causes, South Australia, 13 December 1970, aged 75 years
Cemetery:	Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia
Memorials:

27 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 6883, 8th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 6883, 8th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Warrant Officer, 6883, 15th Field Ambulance
15 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

16 Apr 1942:	Involvement Lieutenant, S75754
16 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Mount Gambier, SA
12 Dec 1945:	Discharged Lieutenant, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)

Date unknown:	Wounded 6883, 15th Field Ambulance

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General Birdwood on a visit form the United Kingdom presented his Military Medal on 6 March 1920 in Adelaide.