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Roy Causton EDMUNDS

Regimental number1024
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
Other NamesRoy Couston
SchoolScotch College, Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
Address4 Isabella Grove, Hawthorn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, W P Edmunds, 4 Isabella Grove, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date2 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name26th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of Meningitis
FateDied of disease 5 July 1916
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialLonguenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 28), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter and Fannie Jane EDMUNDS, 4 Isabella Grove, Hawthorn, VIctoria. Native of Tasmania

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