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James Whittaker EDMONDSON

Regimental number1752
Place of birthBuruley England
SchoolSt Marys Catholic School, Burnley, England
Age on arrival in Australia27
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPainter
Address30 Glen Street, West Leederville, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs Sarah Edmondson, 30 Glen Street, West Leederville, Western Australia
Previous military service17th Lancers
Enlistment date14 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name11th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 19 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 July 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death2 July 1915
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 6), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
62
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Whittaker and Margaret Alice EDMONDSON; husband of Mrs S.E> EDMONDSON, 9 Blencoe Street, Leederville, Western Australia. Native of Burnley, Lancs, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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