Regimental number | 8832 |
Place of birth | Koomback, New South Wales |
School | Public Schools, New South Wales |
Other training | Banking - Accountant |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Bookkeeper |
Address | Millfield, via Cessnock, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Father, T Edwards, Millfield, via Cessnock, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Driver |
Unit name | 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 25/90/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A39 Port Macquarie on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Bombardier |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Division Artillery |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 26 |
Place of burial | Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 17), Ypres, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 13 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas Wynn Escott and Elizabeth Ann EDWARDS, Hill View, Woodville Road, Granville, New South Wales. Native of Krambach, New South Wales |