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Edwin John OVERMAN

Regimental number3515
Place of birthAscot Vale, Victoria
SchoolState School, Ascot Vale, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationChemical assistant
AddressWilloughby, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Edith Marian Overman, Henderson Avenue, Willoughby, New South Wales
Enlistment date20 November 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name45th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/62/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularNo other details provided by father on RoH circular.
FateDied of wounds 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 12), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
70
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Edith OVERMAN, Hamilton Street, Sydney New South Wales. Native of Ascot Vale, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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