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Edward Henry CONINGSBY

Regimental number6479
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
Place of birthAscot Vale, Victoria
SchoolCharles Street State School, Launceston, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSalesman
Address399 Maribyrnong Road, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28.11
Height5' 5.5"
Weight129 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs S E Coningsby, 399 Maribyrnong Road, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date31 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular'His father was Sgt. Major of 12th Bn. Tasmanian Infantry Forces and both his Great Grandfathers fought at Waterloo.' (details from wife)
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingSt. Martins Wood
Age at death30.6
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 14), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
49
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Beatrice CONINGSBY; husband of Selina CONINGSBY, 187 Maribyrnong Road, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: 2799 Pte Cyril Tasman BOYD, 60th Bn, Killed in action, 19 July 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 2 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 16 November 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 10 April 1917; taken on strength, 7th Bn, in the field, 19 April 1917.

Wounded in action, remaining at duty, 20 September 1917.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 4 October 1917 (gun shot wound, face), and admitted to 65th Field Ambulance; discharged to duty, 9 October 1917; rejoined Bn, 11 October 1917.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, 14 January 1918 (bronchial catarrh); admitted to 8th Stationary Hospital, Wimereux; transferred to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 28 January 1918; rejoined Bn, in the field, 12 March 1918.

On leave to United Kingdom, 17 March 1918; rejoined Bn, in the field, 4 April 1918.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, 9 April 1918 (ulcers on penis), and transferred to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, 11 April 1918; to 39th General Hospital, Havre (soft chancre); discharged to Base Depot, Havre, 18 May 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 40 days.

Rejoined unit, in the field, 26 May 1918.

Admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, 8 June 1918 (soft chancre and buboes), and transferred to 4th Stationary Hospital, St Omer; to 7th General Hospital, St Omer, 15 June 1918; discharged to 10th Convalescent Depot, 27 June 1918 (debility after venereal disease); total period of treatment for venereal disease: 29 days.

Rejoined Bn, in the field, 24 July 1918.

Killed in action, 23 August 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as CONNINGSBY.
SourcesNAA: B2455, CONINGSBY Edward Henry
Red Cross File No 07807020

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