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Edgar William Thomas HUMPHRY

Regimental number3389
Place of birthSidcup England
SchoolLonglands School, Sidcup, Kent, England and Pingelly State School, Western Australia
Age on arrival in Australia14.2
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressRaglan Street, Pingelly, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Edgar Humphry, Raglan Street, Pingelly, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Pingelly Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date10 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name51st Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/68/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 29 January 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3389A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 September 1917
Age at death18.11
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row C, Grave No. 12), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
153
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Edgar and Eliza Humphry, Raglan Street, Pingelly, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

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