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Edwiin Rupert POYNER

Regimental number3423
Place of birthLilydale Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHuntsman
AddressLilydale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, J M Poyner, Lilydale, Victoria
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialSunken road Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 15), Contalmaison, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
48
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Elizabeth POYNER, Lilydale, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3422 Pte Frank Horace POYNER, 6th Bn, effective abroad (still overseas).

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