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Edgar Charles NEAVE

Regimental number6122
Place of birthKangaroo Island South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressHog Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Julia Harriet Neave, Hog Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Enlistment date26 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 6 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateDied of disease 19 December 1916
Place of burialDied of pneumonia at sea
Commemoration detailsHollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Family/military connectionsBrother: 685 Pte George Danford NEAVE, 10th Bn, killed in action, 13 September 1915.
Other details

War service: died of pneumonia off Freetown, west Africa; buried at sea.

Medal: British War Medal

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