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Edwin Archibald IMRIE

Regimental number3134
Place of birthRuppy, near Longwood, Victoria
SchoolSt Mary's School and Seymour State School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressHigh Street, Seymour, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Jane lmrie, High Street, Seymour, Victoria
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 26 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death29.9
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall) (Plot I, Row J, Grave No. 19), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary IMRIE. Native of Ruffy, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 4419 Robert James IMRIE, 23rd Bn, killed in action, 4 October 1917; 6026 Pte William Andrew IMRIE, Australian Army Medical Corps, returned to Australia, 4 January 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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