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COWARD, Edward Carey Brenton
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7709 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Brixham, Devon, England., 1899 |
| Home Town: | Osborne Park, Stirling, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Union Bank of Australia Ltd. West Australian Staff Roll of Honour, Guildford Grammar School War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 7709, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 7709, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 7709, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7709 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-25 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1899 Coward Edward Carey B Totnes 5b 141
He was 18 and the son of the late George Edward Coward, M.I.C.E., and of Florence Victoria Emily Brenton Coward, of Como, Western Australia.