EDWARDS, Walter
| Service Number: | 2708 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | A Battery, Royal Australian Artillery |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | NSW Garrison Artillery Gunner |
| Died: | Tetanus, Draghoender, South Africa, Draghoender, Northern Cape, South Africa, 1 May 1900, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Draghoender Military Cemetery, Marydale, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Gunner, 2708 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Gunner, 2708, A Battery, Royal Australian Artillery | |
| 30 Dec 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Gunner, 2708, A Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, Embarked from Sydney on the SS Warrigal. | |
| 5 Feb 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Gunner, 2708, A Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, The Boer Offensive | |
| 1 May 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Gunner, 2708, A Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, Died from tetanus after being kicked by a horse. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Maurice Kissane
Walter Edwards was a NSW Garrison Artillery Gunner who volunteered for overseas service. He served in "A" Battery, R.A.A. during the Boer Offensive in South Africa. He embarked from Sydney in 1899 but died on active service in 1900 after being kicked by a horse.
Field Artillery was horse drawn. Walter was kicked by a horse but he died from Tenanus. The year 1900 was well before effective Tetanus vaccines where developed.
An Extract from a Royal Field Artillery Report by Colonel S.C. Smith R.F.A. described Walter as a "Good fellow - who behaved throughout with great pluck".
Gunner Walter Edwards "A" Battery R.A.A. was the first of three deaths in his unit on active service.
Lest We Forget.
AWM Murray Reference page 50.
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