EDWARDS, William Albert
Service Number: | 910 |
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Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Echuca, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Kerang, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
Home Town: | Rochester, Campaspe, Victoria |
Schooling: | Rochester State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Row L, Grave 4 Headstone inscription reads: Kept in loving memory by Mother, Ern, Rhodes, Bert Nellie, Bell, Alice, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bears Lagoon School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 910, Enlisted at Echuca, Victoria | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 910, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 910, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Edwards and Johanna Melchart Edwards nee Johnson of Baynes Street, Rochester, Victoria. Brother of Thomas Rhodes Edwards, Ernest Edwin Edwards, Ellen (Nellie) Lyle Edwards, Isabella (Bell) Jessie Edwards, Mary Alice Edwards and Herbert Richard Edwards who returned to Australia on 22 December 1918 having served with the 38th Battalion
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal