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Edward James EDGLEY

Regimental number53
Place of birthFitzroy, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationShoemaker
AddressScotchmer Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinWife, Mrs E J Edgley, 64 Princes Street, Flemington, Victoria
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name6th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death25 April 1915
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 2), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
46
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Fredrick and Caroline EDGLEY; husband of Sylvia Leta EDGLEY, 170 Langridge Street, Collingwood, Victoria. Native of North Fitzroy, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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