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Edwin Powell FOLLEY

Regimental number6037
Place of birthBalhannah, South Australia
SchoolPublic School
Other trainingNil
ReligionBaptist
OccupationClerk
Address37 Keightly Road, Subiaco, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs Myrtle Folley, 5 Dangin Street, North Perth, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 September 1918
Place of death or woundingMont St Quentin, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialHem Farm Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row K, Grave No. 2), Hem-Monacu, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
113
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: WIlliam Jeffrey and Frances Amelia FOLLEY; husband of Myrtle FOLLEY, 17 Palmerston Street, Perth, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsNil
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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