Harold Arthur EDWARDS

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Service Number:	2653
Enlisted:	22 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, 1894
Home Town:	Yeoval, Cabonne, New South Wales
Schooling:	Yeoval Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness (Pneumonia), At sea (HMAT Euripides), At sea (HMAT Euripides A14), 22 November 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea, Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt, Maylands War Memorial

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2653, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2653, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2653, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Son of Thomas Edwards and Emily Ada Edwards of Yeoval, NSW

Medals: British War Medal

Apprenticed to J. Micombe, Blacksmith for 12 months