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Edward ROSE

Regimental number1414
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 4"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Albert Ranson, Mossvale Farm, Millbroke, Southampton, England
Enlistment date26 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll416
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Field Company Engineers
FateReturned to Australia 13 December 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Date of Return to Australia incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as 13/12/18.
Discharge date5 April 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Taken on strength, 1st Bn, Gallipoli, 3 May 1915.

On Command, Divisional Engineers, 19 July 1915.

Transferred to Divisional Engineers, 5 August 1915; transferred to 2nd Field Company Engineers as Sapper, and allotted Regimental Number 416, 6 August 1915.

Wounded in action, 15 August 1915 (bomb wound, head and ear), and admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to Mudros, and then to Mena House Hospital, Egypt, 30 August 1915; to Montazah Convalescent Home, 25 September 1915.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Wandilla', 13 December 1915 (gun shot wound, mastoid region); discharged, Sydney, 5 April 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death1940

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