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Edwin BEATTIE

Regimental number2389
Place of birthCoomera Queensland
SchoolCoomera State School, Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressCoomera, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Elizabeth Beattie, Coomera, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name47th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/64/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 19 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pneumonia at Codford, Salisbury Plain, England
FateDied of disease 1 January 1917
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialCodford St. Mary (St. Mary) New Churchyard (Grave No. 43), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
143
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary Elizabeth BEATTIE, Fern Hill, Coomera, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2388 Pte George BEATTIE, 47th Bn, died of wounds, 28 March 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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