Regimental number | 15216 |
Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania |
School | Cadet School, Hobart, Tasmania (State School) |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Hobart, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, Thomas William Edwards, 2 Sloane Street, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 13, Reinforcement 2 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/40/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Belgium |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Dranoutre Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 10), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 17 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas William and louisa EDWARDS. Native of Hobart, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | Brother: 27047 Sergeant Charles Wentworth EDWARDS, 12th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 12 May 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |