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Edmund HYNES

Regimental number4461
Place of birthIreland
SchoolNational Education, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressToowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Thomas Hynes, Ballybrack, Waterford, Knockamore City, Tallow, Ireland
Enlistment date5 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Star of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 January 1918
Place of death or woundingMenin, Belgium
Age at death29
Place of burialUnderhill Farm Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 47), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
105
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Kate HYNES, Ballybrack, Knockanore, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland
Family/military connectionsFirst cousin: 6324 Sergeant Edmund Glenic HYNES, Army Corps School, returned to Australia, 23 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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