EDWARDS, Charles Rupert
| Service Number: | 403 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia, 2 June 1980, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Altona Memorial Park, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Bacchus March Parwan State School, Bacchus Marsh Parwan State School No 916 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 403, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 403, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Bronwyn Higgs
Born in 1890 at Bacchus Marsh, Charles Rupert Edwards was the son of Thomas Edwards, a farmer and wheelwright and his wife, Honora Jane Richards, both of Bacchus Marsh district.
Charles was one of three brothers who enlisted in the AIF and all rerturned home safely. He enlisted on 19 August, 1914 and served in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron, where he served firstly in Egypt and then at Gallipoli, remaining until evacuated. He returned to Australia on 15 September, 1918.
In 1915, he wrote to his parents of his war experiences and part of that correspondence was published in the Bacchus Marsh Express (see documents).
After the war, he worked variously as a carriage painter, motor painter, signwriter and lineman. He married Violet May Whittick Lindsay in around 1924 and the couple had two sons.
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