Edward Albert MASTERS

Regimental number2397
Place of birthRed Hill, South Australia
SchoolRed Hill Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressRedhill, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs Esther Susan Masters, Redhill, South Australia
Enlistment date21 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 21 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VII, Row F, Grave No. 15), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Edith MASTERS; husband of E.S. MASTERS, Herbert Street, West Subiaco, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsNephews Frederick George William Osborn nad Arnold Leland Siviour both killed in action. Brother-in-law Clarence John Doust killed in action.