DURDIN, Edgar Walter
| Service Numbers: | 2632, 1712 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Normanville, South Australia, 23 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Hamley Bridge, Light, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 22 August 1918, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamley Bridge District WW1 Roll of Honor, Hamley Bridge War Memorial, Owen District Roll of Honor WW1, Owen District Roll of Honor WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2632, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 2632, 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Bullecourt (Second), Shell shock (buried by shell) | |
| 1 Jun 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 22 Aug 1918: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Corporal, 1712, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1712 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-22 |
EDGAR WALTER DURDIN
Edgar Walter Durdin was the son of Jesse & Emma Durdin of Hamley Bridge, enlisted at the age of 22 on 2 August 1915. He was a carpenter. His unit, the 27th Battalion, embarked from Adelaide on 27 October 1915. He served with the 4th Trench Mortar Battery. He was wounded in May of 1917 and evacuated from Wimereaux to England. Edgar returned to France in October 1917 after he had recovered. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal in June 1918. He was badly wounded once again near the village of Bayonvillers during the 2nd Battle of the Somme and died of those wounds on 22 August 1918. Edgar is buried in Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France.
Submitted 24 April 2015 by David Durdin
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Corporal E. W. DURDIN, who has died of wounds in France, was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Durdin, Pata, late of Normanville. He enlisted from Hamley Bridge in July, 1915, and sailed for Egypt with the 32nd Battalion on January 11, 1916. He was transferred from Egypt to France as a gunner in the heavy trench mortar battery the following July. Shortly afterwards he was promoted to be bombardier. He sustained contusion and shell shock in the battle of Bullecourt in May, 1917, and was invalided to England. Four months later he returned to France, and joined the Medium Trench Mortar Battery. He was promoted corporal in January, 1918. His cheerful disposition won him many friends.
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