DEAS, Edward Dixon
| Service Number: | 1113 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 January 1916, 3 years AGA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 9 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 May 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newcastle 3rd Australian Garrison Artillery Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1113, 34th Infantry Battalion, 3 years AGA | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1113, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1113, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 12 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 1113, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1113 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
105 years ago today, on the 15th May 1917, Private Edward Dixon Deas, 54th Battalion (Reg No-1113), labourer and cabinet maker from 60 Chinchen Street, Islington, New South Wales, was Killed in Action at the 2nd Battle of Bullecourt, France, age 23.
Born at Wickham, New South Wales on the 9th April 1894 to James (died 1938) and Roseanna (Rosanna, died 1938, no funeral notice or obituary located) Deas of Turner Street, Georgetown, New South Wales and 33 Gulliver Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., Edward enlisted January 1916 with the 34th Battalion at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Mr. Deas’s name has been inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Edward’s name has also been inscribed on the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, 3rd Australian Garrison Artillery Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled date unknown, 50 names inscribed, 8 Fallen, proudly displayed at the Fort Scratchley Military Museum, Nobbys Road, N.S.W.) and the Hamilton-Rose of Hamilton Lodge, G.U.O.O.F. Roll of Honour.
There is no memorial inscription on the family gravesite plaque to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of Edward’s supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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