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Cyril Francis EDE

Regimental number2139
Place of birthPort Adelaide
SchoolPort Adelaide Public School, South Australia
Other trainingSchool of Design, Port Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter and joiner
AddressGary Terrace, Rosewater, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Carline Ann Ede, Gary Terrace, Rosewater, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Compulsory Military Forces from the age of 14.
Enlistment date31 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Morea on 26 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death19.5
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialCaterpillar Valley Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row D, Grave No. 9), Longueval, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Joseph and Caroline Ann EDE, Gray Terrace, Rosewater, South Australia

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