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Charles Edwin EDWARDS

Regimental number337
Place of birthBrighton England
Other NamesEDWARDS, Charies Edwin
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressClarendon Road, Brighton, Sussex, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Edwin Edwards, Clarendon Road, Brighton, Sussex, England
Enlistment date15 February 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Distinjguished Conduct Medal


For gallantry as a volunteer stretcher-bearer, and later in bombing attack. Also good work on patrol duty. (Pozieres).
Recommendation date: 9 August 1916

FateDied of wounds 23 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 24), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin and Annie EDWARDS, 76 Clarendon Road, Hove, Sussex, England
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 184
Date: 14 December 1916

Other detailsMedals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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