Edward John LOVELL

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LOVELL, Edward John

Service Number:	347
Enlisted:	19 June 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Warrnambool State School
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 2 October 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX F 17
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melton War Memorial, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 347, 12th Machine Gun Company, Melbourne, Vic.
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 347, 12th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 347, 12th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
2 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 347, 11th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 347 awm_unit: 11th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-02

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Christopher and Mary Frances Lovell, of Western Reserve, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.

DUTY NOBLY DONE

347 Private Edward John Lovell, 13th Machine Gun Company (4th Reinforcement Group). Born at Allansford in 1895, the son of Christopher and Mary Frances (Manson) Lovell, of Western Reserve, Warrnambool. He spent three years in the Boys’ Naval Reserve before he enlisted on 22nd June 1916, aged 20, at Warrnambool. He embarked on RMS Orontes on 16th August 1916, transferred to 11th Machine-Gun Company, and disembarked in France on 20th January 1917.

Lovell died on 2nd October 1917 at No. 2 Canadian CCS (Remy Siding) of wounds suffered in the lead-up to the Battle of Broodseinde. Buried Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave XX.F.17. His name is also commemorated on Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melton War Memorial, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial, and the Christ Church Roll of Honour, Warrnambool. Will Jackway and Edward Lovell who are both on the Christ Church Roll of Honour are first cousins, as Will’s mother Maria and Edward’s father Christopher were siblings.

Sources: Blair & Affleck, For King & Country – Great War Enlistments from Warrnambool and District; Australian War Memorial – Roll of Honour; National Archives of Australia; The AIF Project; Virtual War Memorial Australia; Photo – AWM Josiah Barnes Collection PB0679.

Courtesy of James Affleck 2025