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EDWARDS, William Abbey

Service Number:	NX66552
Enlisted:	12 December 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wellington, New Zealand, 19 August 1911
Home Town:	Kensington, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

12 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX66552
12 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX66552, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
10 Jul 1942:	Involvement NX66552, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA Tel el Eisa
5 Nov 1945:	Discharged Private, NX66552, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
5 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX66552, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Corporal, NX66552, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA before El Alamein (Tel el Eisa)