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Edgar William POWELL

Regimental number2666
Place of birthCharters Towers Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBookkeeper
AddressWaratah Street, Katoomba, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinBrother, A H Powell, Waratah Street, Katoomba, New South Wales
Enlistment date8 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 30 September 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Date of death incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as 20 September 1916.
Place of burialBedford House Cemetery (Plot I, Row U, Grave No. 8), Enclosure No. 4, Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
34
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, New South Wales. Photo: Peter Dennis
Other details

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

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