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Edgar Morton POSTLE

Regimental number3219
Place of birthSpringside, Pittsworth, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMemerambi, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Arthur Benjamin Postle, Memerambi, Queensland
Enlistment date16 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name52nd Battalion 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/69/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot VII, Row C, Grave No. 7), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
149
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Frances POSTLE, Memerambe, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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