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FAREY, Edmund John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | V5739 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1940, Royal Park, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4 Base Ordnance Depot |
| Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 21 March 1904 |
| Home Town: | Carnegie, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Accidental, Australia, 24 August 1945, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.T.A.13 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, V5739 | |
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| 4 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V5739, 4 Base Ordnance Depot, Royal Park, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George and Mary Maud Farey.
(Unmarried) Husband of Annie Florence BURKETT, 10 Burkley Street, Carnegie, Vic.
SOLDIER FOUND DEAD
Believed to have been run over by a tram, Edmund Farey, 41, soldier, of Camp Pell, was found dead near the tram track in Royal Park early on Saturday morning. Farey attended a social at Royal Park on Friday night and left for his home at Carnegie shortly before midnight. It is thought that he fell while attempting to board a moving tram.
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