LYALL, Edmund Ramsden
| Service Number: | 3170 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1915, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Drouin, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Jindivick, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Jindivick State, Warragul High Schools, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery Plot VI, Row E, Grave 20, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berwick War Memorial, Jindivick War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3170, Melbourne | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3170, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3170, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 4 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3170, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3170 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Edmund Ramsden LYALL was born on Drouin, Victoria in 1894
His parents were John Stephen LYALL & Lucy Isabella RAMSDEN who married on 6th January, 1891 in St James Church, Jindivick, Victoria
He enlisted in Melbourne on 24th July, 1915 & embarked with the 21st Infantry Battalion, 7th reinforcements on the HMAT Wiltshire on 18th November, 1915
He was transferred to tne 2nd Pioneer Battalion on 4th March, 1916
Edmund was Killed in Action in France on 14th November, 1916 - he was buried at Baupaume and then re-interred at Warlencourt British Cemetery
Inscription:
"Lo I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world"
His name is memorialised on a headstone at the Drouin Cemetery in Victoria along with his parents
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"Private Edmund Ramsden Lyall, who, at the time of his enlistment, was a junior teacher at School No. 40, Berwick, was killed in action somewhere in France on the 14th of November, 1916. He was the son of Mr. John S. Lyall, head teacher of School 1951, Jindivick. After attending elementary schools at Waubra and Jindivick, he became a student of the Warragul High School, and, on the completion of his course, received the appointment to Berwick.
He enlisted on the 20th of July, 1915, and embarked with the 7th Reinforcements to the 21st Battalion.
In Egypt, at Moascar, he was transferred to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion, and he went to France with this unit. He was killed in action on the 14th of November.
His commanding officer, Lieutenant Nevein, in a letter to his parents, wrote :
"Private Lyall was killed while trying to get communication through after a charge. He was killed instantly, suffering no pain, being shot through the head with machine-gun fire.... Private Lyall was highly popular, both with his officers and with his comrades. On several occasions when he could have obtained leave, he preferred to stay on with the boys. I may state that the action of your son and his particular party in getting through saved the situation."
As a teacher, his record is that of an excellent young man in every respect, who tried hard to succeed."
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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