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William Richard EDMONDS

Regimental number5850
Place of birthToodyay, Western Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
AddressBolgart, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Edmonds, Toodyay, Western Australia
Enlistment date20 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 13 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateDied of disease 17 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 22), Surrey, England, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary and the late William EDMONDS, Wallening, Toodyay, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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