Edward EDWARDS

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Service Number:	3081
Enlisted:	27 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wangaratta, Victoria, 1897
Home Town:	Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria
Schooling:	Wangaratta State School and Wangaratta Agricultural High School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Wangaratta Cemetery War Memorial, Wangaratta High School Roll of Honor, Wangaratta High School War Memorial Gates, Wangaratta Uniting Church Memorial Window, Wangaratta War Memorial

27 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3081, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3081, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3081, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
26 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3081, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3081 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-26

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