Edward John POMROY

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POMROY, Edward John

Service Number:	5387
Enlisted:	3 March 1916
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ashburton, England, 25 June 1882
Home Town:	Belmore, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Ashburton Grammar School, England
Occupation:	Stonemason
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Rozelle Sydney Harbour Trust Officers and Employees Pictorial Honour Board

World War 1 Service

3 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5387, 18th Infantry Battalion
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5387, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5387, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 5387, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5387 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-20

Australian Pomroy connections

It was quite a thrill to find a photo of E.J. Pomroy, as my dear Great Aunt, (one of the unmarried daughters of Thomas Pomroy) decided in her foggy, eccentric latter years that any family photos should be destroyed, without consultation, which she did.

EJP only arrived in Australia in 1914 to visit his Uncle and it was believed/alleged to "get away" from his wife. He was a Stonemason by trade as were many of the siblings and cousins back in Ashburton, Devon Uk. His name appears on the Ashburton Memorial but only the AWM in Australia...nothing local. I was lucky to find his WW1 records when I first searched NAA back in 1983 which were not digitised at the time. So many wonderful advances in technology.

My Grandmother, Annie Kate England (nee Pomroy) was the only girl of three of the uncle Thomas Pomroy (RN) who married and is the only family member who met any remaining family members in Ashburton when she visited in 1962.
I couldn't find any living relatives in 2014, only those in the churchyard. There are Thomas Pomroy descendants in NSW and SA but without the Pomroy surname.

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