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Edward Bertram * DEWHIRST

Regimental number723
ReligionCongregational
OccupationDraftsman
AddressAugusta Street, Maylands via Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinSister, Miss M H Dewhirst, c/o Mrs Ferguson, Augusta Street, Maylands via Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date27 June 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Air Mechanic
Unit nameAustralian Flying Corps, No 2 Squadron, C Flight
AWM Embarkation Roll number8/5/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)see other
Date of death23 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialOuttersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 31), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
188
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Annie DEWHIRST, 54 Hardy Street, Goodwood, South Australia. Native of Port Augusta, South Australia

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