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Esbert Arthur Bertram EDWARDS

Regimental number39
Place of birthBalwyn, Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolCamberwell Grammar School, Camberwell, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
AddressBank of Australasia, Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Thos E Edwards, 9 Mont Albert Road, East Kew, Victoria
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd 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.
FateDied of wounds 31 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death23
Place of burialSt. 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

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