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Edward HENWOOD

Regimental number2163
Place of birthAt sea, voyage England to New Zealand
ReligionMethodist
OccupationPainter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation42.10
Height5' 9"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFriend, Charles Pullen, Cowper, Clarence River, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of 'effect of drink')
Enlistment date9 February 1917
Place of enlistmentGrafton, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameLight Trench Mortar Battery, 7th Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateReturned to Australia 18 December 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Peter Dennis
Discharge date27 March 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Aeneas', 18 December 1918; discharged (medically unfit: tuberculosis), Sydney, 27 March 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to War Service.
Date of death10 April 1942
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, HENWOOD Edward

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