PAGE, Edward Henry
| Service Number: | 7757 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 July 1917, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moonta, South Australia, 18 December 1900 |
| Home Town: | Burpengary, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Moonta Public School, Bowen State School and Bowen Technical College |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 September 1918, aged 17 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7757, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Charters Towers, Queensland | |
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| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7757, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7757, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 11 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7757, 2nd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days" |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
Edward first enlisted on 18/8/1915 and was discharged on the 17/11/1915 medically unfit.
He enlisted again on the 2/7/1917 at Charters Towers and was discharged on 23/8/1917 for being underage 16yrs 6mths.
Edward was determined so he travelled to NSW and successfully enlisted at Liverpool on the 4/10/1917. He was aged 17yrs 9mths when he was killed in action.
An epitaph written by his family which appeared in a 1919 newspaper;
"There's a lonely grave in France,
Where our brave hero sleeps,
There's a cottage home in Queensland,
Where his loved ones sit and weep,
We think of him in silence,
As his name we often recall,
But there's nothing left to answer,
But his photo on the wall,
Young, Strong and Bold, in dangers hour,
He bravely did his best,
He gave his life in freedoms hour,
To our father we trust the rest." - from the Brisbane Courier 11 Sep 1919 (nla.gov.au)
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