BARROW, Edward Victor
| Service Number: | 1007 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Corowa, New South Wales, Australia, 10 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Wahgunyah, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wahgunyah State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 17 August 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Corowa War Memorial, Rutherglen St. Stephen's Anglican Church Great War Memorial Reredos, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Wahgunyah War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1007, 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1007, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1007, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 17 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1007, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1007 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edward Victor Barrow was the son of Edward and Emily Barrow, of Wahgunyah, Victoria. He was known as Victor to his family and friends.
His older brother, 517 Sergeant John William Barrow 3rd Battalion AIF, was later killed in action at Bullecourt 5 May 1917, aged 24.
Edward served with the 4th Light Horse Regiment on Gallipoli from 2 October 1915. He was transferred to the 3rd Battalion, probably to be with his brother, on 11 December 1915. He died during the very heavy fighting near Mouquet Farm during August 1916.
His mother Emily lived to the age of a hundred, passing away in Corowa during 1970.
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