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Edwin Herbert Lander HALES

Regimental number6027
Place of birthNhill, Victoria
SchoolNhill State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationStoreman
AddressNhill, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs T. Hales, Brook Street, Woomelang, Victoria
Enlistment date28 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll38th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 March 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26.10
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 4), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
129
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary HALES, Woomelang, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 7079 Pte Hedley Locton Gribble HALES, 37th Bn, killed in action, 4 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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