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Edward Owen EDWARDS

Regimental number750
Place of birthSmithfield, New South Wales
SchoolSmithfield Public School, Smithfield, New South Wales
ReligionBaptist
OccupationDrover
AddressWater Street, Smithfield, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ada C Betts, Water Street, Smithfield, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 13 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 December 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death17.11
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 43), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Henry EDWARDS and Ada Caroline BETTS, his wife. Native of Smithfield, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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