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Oswald Edward EDIS

Regimental number1915
Place of birthKyabram, Victoria
SchoolKyabram State School and Wesley College, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationStudent
AddressKyabram, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, David Edis, Kyabram, Victoria
Enlistment date16 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 26 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularServed in Gallipoli, Egypt and France
FateKilled in Action 4 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No. 2 (Plot XI, Row B, Grave No. 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and the late Mary EDIS. Native of Kyabram, Victoria

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