Regimental number | 39 |
Place of birth | Balwyn, Melbourne, Victoria |
School | Camberwell Grammar School, Camberwell, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Address | Bank of Australasia, Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Thos E Edwards, 9 Mont Albert Road, East Kew, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/19/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "At the April landing on Gallipoli wounded at Lone Pine. Sent to hospital at Alexandria, convalescent at Lemnos. Then again served at Gallipoli until evacuation of the peninsula." Details from Father. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 23 |
Place of burial | St. Sever Cemetery (Plot B, Row 32, Grave No. 5), Rouen, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 32 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas Elford and Annie EDWARDS, 9 Mont Albert Road, East Kew, Melbourne. Native of Balwyn, Melbourne |