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Edward James HARVEY

Regimental number5124
Date of birth18 November 1897
Place of birthGeorge Street, Parramatta, New South Australia
Place of birthParramatta, New South Wales
SchoolMcQuarrie Street, Parramatta and Granville North Public Schools, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationWood machinist
AddressMacquarie Street, Parramatta, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Mr G Harvey, Macquarie Street, Parramatta, New South Wales
Enlistment date4 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Makarini on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 17 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death22.11
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row B, Grave No. 16), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
162
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Annie HARVEY, 156 King Street, St. Peters, New South Wales. Nataive of Parramatta, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England. Plot 11, Row B, Grave No. 16

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