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Edmund COULSON

Regimental number7692
Place of birthRosewood Queensland
SchoolAshwell Morewood, Queensland
Other trainingNil
ReligionBaptist
OccupationFarmer
AddressWakefield, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs. E. Coulson, Rosewood, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 February 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 26th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 31 October 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll792A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 July 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialCrouy British Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 10), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
75
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth COULSON, Rosewood, Queensland
Family/military connectionsNil
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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