LINDSAY, Edward Gordon
| Service Number: | 4514 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 15th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Moree, New South Wales, Australia, November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draftsman and Surveyor |
| Died: | Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia, 14 February 1966, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Orange Golf Club Great War Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4514, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4514, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4514, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 22 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 15th Field Company Engineers | |
| 1 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 15th Field Company Engineers | |
| 1 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 15th Field Company Engineers | |
| 17 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Field Company Engineers | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 15th Field Company Engineers | |
| 23 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4514, 15th Field Company Engineers, was also given rank of Temporary Captain |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Lt Edward Gordon LINDSAY (Tempory Captain)
Regimental Number: 4514
Unit Name: 2nd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
Religion: Presbyterian
Occupation: Draftsman and Surveyor
Address: Father, B. Lindsay, Dept of Lands, Sydney, NSW
Age at Enlistment: 23 years and 10 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 2 September 1915, Warwick Farm, NSW
Next of Kin: Father, Mr. Benjamin Lindsay, Dept of Lands, Sydney, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board RMS Osterley, on 15 January 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll: 15th Field Company Engineers
Campaigns Served: Egypt; France
War Service/Promotions: On 18 March 1916 was attached to Engineering Corps in Tel-el-Kabir, Egypt, and Taken on Strength as a Sapper in the O.C. 15th Field Co. Embarked Alexandria, Egypt, on the Kingsfarm Castle, on 18 June 1916, disembarking at Marseilles, France, on 29 June 1916. Appointed Lance Corporal in the Field on 2 October 1916. To Gas School Instruction on 31 May 1917 and rejoined on 3 June 1917. Furlough to England between 11 June 1917 and 23 June 1917. Hospitalised from 29 June 1917 to 9 July 1917 for dental work. Rejoined 15th Field Co. on 9 July 1917. Admitted to 39th Stationary Hospital on 2 September 1917 with tonsillitis, and rejoined unit on 9 September 1917. Promoted to 2nd Corporal on 1 October 1917. Leave to Paris, France, between 5 January 1918 and 15 January 1918. Detached to 5 Divisional Topographical Section in the Field on 14 February 1918, and back to 15th Field Co. on 19 March 1918. Proceeded to England to join Officers Cadet School on same day. Selected to attend The Engineer Cadet Course commencing at Newark, England, 31 March 1918. On 17 August appointed 2nd Lieutenant and posted to Engineer Reinforcements (Field Corps). Proceeded overseas to France via Southampton, Hampshire, England, on 24 September 1918. Taken on Strength in the field in 15 Field Co. on 1 October 1918. Leave to United Kingdom on 27 January 1919, and rejoined unit in France on 6 February 1919. Proceeded to Weymouth, Dorset, England from Le Havre, France, on 6 April 1919, before returning to Australia. He was discharged from the Army on 23 August 1919.
Fate: Returned to Australia per HT Zealandic, 11 May 1919. He married Gertrude May Coulson, 6 December 1919, St Joseph's Church, Orange, NSW.
Place of Death: 14 February 1966, Potts Point, NSW
Place of Burial: Presbyterian Cemetery, Botany, NSW
Medals/Citations: British War Medal; Victory Medal
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