Edward Norman LEE

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LEE, Edward Norman

Service Number:	4212
Enlisted:	23 August 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gumeracha, South Australia, 15 June 1890
Home Town:	Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling:	Gumeracha State School and School of Mines - Adelaide, SA
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France, 16 August 1916, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

23 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
11 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4212, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
11 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4212, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Battle for Pozières
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4212, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4212 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Born: 15 June 1890 in Gumeracha, South Australia
(SA Birth Records 1842 - 1906 Book: 461 Page: 26 District: Tal.)

Father William Alfred LEE (b. 5/5/1854 Norwood - d. ______)
his father Silas LEE and his mother Elizabeth Cornish.
married: 28/10/1884 - at Sulby Farm, Riverton, SA
and Mother Emily Agnes (nee MOORE b. 21/7/1857 Gumeracha - d. ____)
her father John Moore and her mother Susan Hamlyn.

Siblings:
Brother: Frederick William Hamlyn Lee (b. 26/7/1885 near Kenton Valley SA - d. ____)
              m. 15/9/1910 to Ellen Georgina Maud (nee Bedson b. 12/1/1887 - d. ___)
Sister:     Eleanor May Lee (b. 8/10/1888 Kenton Valley SA - d. _____)
Sister:     Laura Millicent Lee (b. 16/5/1896 Gumeracha SA - d. _____)

Attended School of Mines in Adelaide, South Australia.

Wife: Madeline Dorothy Lee (nee Gilbert)
Child: Doris Norma Gilbert Lee
living at 34 Annesley Avenue, North Norwood SA
(1920 later changed address to 'Talbot', Dalley Street, West Kogarah NSW)
Madeline's parents - William & Amy Gilbert, Henry Street, Kogarah West, NSW

Next of kin in service:
Brother-in-law: 1560 Leslie Raymond Talbot Gilbert - died in UK 20/1/1916
Cousin: 1317 Walter Moon

Walter Herbert MOON
Given Name: Walter Herbert
Surname: MOON
Sex: M
Birth: 2 Mar 1879 in Inglewood, South Australia, Australia
Death: Y
Note: Birth record - Father : John Henry MOON. Mother: Sarah Ann CROUCH. Source: South Australian Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 216 Page: 268 District: Hig.

Described on enlisting as 25 years 2 months old; married; 5' 7 3/4" tall;
157 lbs; dark complexion; brown eyes; dark hair; Church of England.

23/8/1915       Enlisted at Keswick, South Australia
                      Commanding Officer appointed Edward to Base Infantry Depot
                      A Company, 2nd Depot, Keswick Barracks

11/1/1916 Embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, on board 'HMAT Borda A30'
as a Private with the 10th Battalion, 13th reinforcements

26/2/1916 transferred to 50th Battalion
29/2/1916 taken on strength into 50th Battalion in Zeitoun

11/3/1916 taken on strength into 50th Battalion, Tel-El-Kebir, Egypt

5/6/1916       proceeded to join British Expeditionary Forces, ex Alexandria
                      on board the 'Arcadian'
12/6/1916       disembarked into Marseilles, France

16/8/1916 killed in action at Mouquet Farm - in the field Pozieres
buried at: Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France

NO known grave.
He is commemorated on the walls at the Australian National War Memorial
- Villers-Bretonneux, France.

Medals:
British War Medal (29374), Victory medal (29192); Memorial Plaque and
Memorial Scroll (316995)

Sourced and Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 2/2/2015. Lest we forget.

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