Regimental number | 3386 |
Place of birth | Llanuwchllyn, North Wales |
School | Llanuwchllyn, North Wales |
Age on arrival in Australia | 26 |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Draper |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 34.10 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Elizabeth Jones, Llanuwchllyn, Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and in 5th Middlesex Regiment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Unit name | 48th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT Seang Bee on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 48th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Migrated to Australia for health reasons. 'A thorough Patriot in every respect, anxious to serve his adopted country, which had given him back his health. "His heart was good, his spirit brave,/And now he lies in a soldier's grave."' (details from cousin, A. Edwards, Oakley, Green Walk, Bowdon, Cheshire, England) |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Age at death from cemetery records | 36 |
Place of burial | Passchendaele New British Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row A, Grave No 27), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 145 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: the late Rowland and Elizabeth EDWARDS |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Adelaide, 10 February 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 2 May 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 23 May 1917; taken on strength, 48th Bn, in the field, 12 August 1917. Reported missing in action, 12 October 1917. Court of Enquiry, 8 April 1918, concluded: 'Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, EDWARDS David |