STARR, Edward
| Service Number: | 183 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 February 1916, An original member of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Young, New South Wales, Australia , 1 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Tooloom, Tenterfield Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cleveland Street Public School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot XXII, Row A, Grave No. 13. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Richmond University of Western Sydney WW1 Memorial, Urbenville Memorial Gates, Woodenbong and District Roll of Honor WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 183, 33rd Infantry Battalion, An original member of A Company | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 183, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 183, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 183, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 183 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother, 1767 Trooper Walter Starr, 7th Light Horse Regiment, died of wounds inflicted at Romani, Egypt, during August 1916.
Edward was 19 years old when he started a Dairy Short Course at Hawkesbury Agricultural College in July 1914. Whilst at the College he competed as a Middleweight boxer. Edward then gained the Butter making and Cheese making certificates in February 1915.
Edward enlisted 3 February 1916 in the 33rd Battalion as a Private. At the time of volunteering, he was a dairyman and grazier near Tabulam, NSW.
He was promoted to Lance Corporal in June 1917, then Corporal in July 1917, before he went missing at Passchendaele on 13 October 1917. His remains were found near Passchendaele in Belgium Edward during 1920 and reinterred in Tyne Cot Cemetery.