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Alfred Percy EDWARDS

Regimental number3506
Place of birthKing Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Other NamesPercy Alfred
SchoolLong Gully State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Edward J Edwards, 23 Inglewood Road, Ironbark, Bendigo, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Militia
Enlistment date9 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1918
Place of death or woundingHarbonnieres, France
Age at death25.8
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 19), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
163
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Bendigo Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: Edward.John (d. 4 November 1923, aged 54; bu. Bendigo Cemetery) and Mary Ann (d. 24 June 1954, aged 84; bu. Bendigo Cemetery) EDWARDS, 23 Inglewood Road, Ironbark, Victoria. Native of Bendigo, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3507 Pte John William EDWARDS, 57th Bn, killed in action, 26 September 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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