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Edgar MOULAND

Regimental number651
Place of birthAlderbury, Wiltshire, England
SchoolAlderbury Boarding School, England
Other trainingMechanical Engineer
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor driver
Address102 King William Street, Kent Town, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emma Mouland, Alderbury near Salisbury, Wilts, England
Enlistment date7 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Row O, Grave No. 12), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
66
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Emma and the late John MOULAND. Native of Alderbury, Salisbury, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Fate confirmed as 'killed in action' by Court of Inquiry, 5 May 1916. Testimony taken, 14 January 1916, from 718 Sergeant L.E. RING, 12th Bn, C Coy: '... on 25th April about 2 miles back from the Beach at Anzac Mowland [sic

was killed. Informant did not actually see him after death, but says enquiries were made among the survivors of the Bn and it was considered established that Mowland was killed.'

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

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