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MANN, Edgar Charles

Service Numbers:	127, 2442, 2442A
Enlisted:	31 December 1915, Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia, 18 July 1882
Home Town:	Chinderah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Bronchopneumonia, Fovant Military Hospital, Salsbury, England, United Kingdom, 16 February 1919, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Fovant (St. George) Churchyard, Wiltshire - South West, England
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 127
4 Apr 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 127, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 127, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, SS Victoria, Pinkenba for South Africa - disembarking Capetown 2 May 1901.
17 May 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 127, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, SS Devon, Durban for return to Australia - disembarking Brisbane 17 May 1902.
23 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 127, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen

World War 1 Service

31 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2442, Brisbane
8 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2442, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2442, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
16 Feb 1919:	Involvement Private, 2442A, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2442A awm_unit: 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1919-02-16

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Served in Boer War as Edmund Mann