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EDGINGTON, Albert Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2022 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 1883, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Peter's Boy School, Worcester, England |
| Occupation: | Solicitor |
| Died: | Illness (Dysentery), 1st Staqtionary Hospital, Lemnos, Greece, 20 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot 11, Row G, Grave 114 Rev. E. Raymond officiated Headstone inscription reads: In memory of my dear son 'He nobly did his duty through him we live' Worcester England, East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2022, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 2022, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 2022, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia in 1911 ged 27 years
Son of Albert Richard Edgington and Esther Edgington of 15 Park Avenue, Worcester, England formerly of Esscott, Olivers Mount, Worcester, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 11 August 1914 he enlisted in the Australian Naval and Experitionary Force serving in the Papua New Guniea area for over 200 days he then discharged on the 4 March 1915 due to his term being finished and enlisted in the AIF a few weeks later