EDWARDS, Frederick
| Service Number: | 1191 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hastings, Sussex, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Footscray National Schools, England |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 June 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1, Row A, Grave 5 Rev. McKenzie officiated Headstone inscription reads:He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it St. Matthew X.39, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1191, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1191, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1191, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 23 years. Residential address at the time of enlistment was Central Methodist Mission, Circular Quay, Sydney, NSW
Son of Charles Stephen and Jane Elizabeth Edwards of 71 Merritt Street, Crofton Park, Brockley, England. Brother of Arthur Henry Edwards of Crofton Park, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He was a builder by trade, specialising in plumbing, being apprenticed to Peppercord Bros of Broadway, England for almost 4 years,
Served as a volunteer with the Queens Royal Rifles
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Possible birth record
Births Sep 1890 Edwards Frederick Hastings 2b 43
Formerly of Foots Cray - 4 New Town, Foots Cray / 44 Sussex Road Sidcup.
Age on arrival in Australia 23.9
Address-Central Methodist Mission, Circular Quay, Sydney, New South Wales.
Next of kin-Mother, Mrs Jane Elizabeth Edwards, 44 Kimberley Gardens, Harringay, Sussex England.
Enlistment date-26 September 1914.
Unit name-4th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/21/1
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
His death was reported in the Sidcup Times 28 February 1919.
Honoured on the Bexley Roll of Honour.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
It is believed that his mother lived at some time at 44 Kimberley Gardens, Harringay, North London
Age at embarkation 25.
He is remembered on the Hastings War Memorial.
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