Edward ZINKEISEN MID

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Service Number:	5677
Enlisted:	10 April 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 1874
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Cottelsoe, Western Australia, 5 October 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican area, Section ZI, Grave 0300, now expired
Memorials:

10 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5677, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
26 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 5677, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: ''
26 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 5677, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Surada, Fremantle
13 Dec 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 31 December 1918, page 15227, position 71 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 May 1919, page 881, position 99
1 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5677, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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At the time of his enlisted his address was C/- WA Farmers Ltd., of Perth, WA

Next of kin given as his brother Victor Zinkeisen of The Elms, Oak Hill Avenue, Pinner, Middlesex, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 12 December 1919 at Adelaide for onward travel to Perth, WA

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal