Details

Edward Maurice CULLIMORE

Regimental number	276
Date of birth	9 February 1889
Place of birth	Oldown, Gloucestershire, England
Religion	Methodist
Occupation	Engine driver
Address	Edward Street, Mount Morgan, Queensland
Marital status	Single
Age at embarkation	23
Next of kin	Mother, Mrs Minnie Cullimore, Edward Street, Mount Morgan, Queensland
Enlistment date	18 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll	23 September 1914
Rank on enlistment	Private
Unit name	15th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number	23/32/1
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Regimental number from Nominal Roll	Comissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll	Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll	4th Machine Gun Battalion
Promotions	2nd Lieutenant Unit: 4th Machine Gun Battalion Promotion date: 26 June 1917 Lieutenant Unit: 4th Machine Gun Battalion Promotion date: 1 November 1917
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)	Military Cross Recommendation date: 29 September 1917 Unspecified Recommendation date: 27 February 1918 Military Cross Recommendation date: 9 March 1918
Fate	Returned to Australia 19 June 1919
Medals	Military Cross Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 165 Date: 24 October 1918
Other details	Wounded in action 29 May 1915; wounded (second occasion) 10 February 1917. Medals: Military Cross, 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. Mentioned in C.E.W. Bean, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18, Volume VI, Chapter XIV,Page 587.

UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy

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