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Albert Gordon EDWARDS

Regimental number254
Place of birthDerby, Tasmania
SchoolDerby State School, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressDerby, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMrs George Edwards, 'Woodlawn', Derby, Tasmania
Enlistment date23 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 24 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"He enlisted at Ennogera, Queensland on 26th April 1915 and left Australia on 24th May, 1915 with the 26th Battalion with which he served until the evacuation at Gallipoli. Was afterwards transferred to the 7th M.G. Company in France. He was wounded at Pozieeres and died of wounds on 10th August, 1916 at 4th General Hospital at Etaples." Details from Mother.
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death26
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row D, Grave No. 12A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
177
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Caroline EDWARDS of "Woodlawn", Derby, Tasmania

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