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EDWARDS, Harold

Service Number:	287
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 4 November 1882
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Machinist
Died:	Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 23 July 1953, aged 70 years
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
Memorials:	Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 287, Morphettville, South Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 287, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 287, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 287, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 287, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bayonet wound (leg and eye)
4 Nov 1915:	Honoured Military Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli
16 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 287, 10th Infantry Battalion

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