Edwin Ernest HAIGH

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Service Number:	1656
Enlisted:	14 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, 6 August 1894
Home Town:	Portland, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Quarryman
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Portland District War Memorial

14 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1656, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1656, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1656, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney
14 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1656, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the right thigh and chest
1 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1656, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Son of William and Ann Haigh of Portland Limeworks, Lismore, NSW

Commenced return to Australia 11 March 1916 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 22 April 1916

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal