Place of birth | York, Western Australia |
School | Beaconsfield State School, Western Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Manual Training instructor |
Address | 25 Addis Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Marjory Grace Edmondson, c/o Mrs Siggs, 67 Government Road, Leederville, Western Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 28th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/45/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 28th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "He held a first class certificate for a Manual Training Instructor. There being only two other men in the State at that time that had so far advanced. At the age of 22 years he was put in charge of the Manual Training Centre at Boulder from where he enlisted in 1915." Details from Wife. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Mont St Quentin, France |
Age at death | 28 |
Place of burial | Hem Farm Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row K, Grave No. 1), Hem-Monacu, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 112 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Louisa Jolin EDMONDSON; husband of M.G. EDMONDSON, 50 Shaftesbury Street, Leederville, Western Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother in law: 299 Lance Corporal Roland Alfred SIGGS, 6th Field Company Engineers, died of wounds, 29 July 1916. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |