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Edward ANSTEE

Regimental number464
Place of birthHaddon, Victoria
SchoolMaryborough State School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressBow Street, Corowa, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinWife, Mrs Anstee, Bow Street, Corowa, New South Wales
Enlistment date15 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularGiven name on RoHc is Edward Alfred.
FateDied of wounds 9 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death9 May 1915
Age at death41
Place of burialChatby War Memorial Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 114), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
68
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3101 Pte Arthur Joseph ANSTEE, 59th Bn, killed in action, 1 September 1918; 2777 Pte Ernest Hyanson ANSTEE, 8th Bn, returned to Australia, 13 December 1915; 335 Pte Ralph Norman ANSTEE, 1st Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 12 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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