Regimental number | 663 |
Place of birth | Launceston, Tasmania |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farm hand |
Address | Elizabethtown, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Father, George Edwards, Elizabethtown, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 40th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/57/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 40th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of burial | St. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot VII, Row M, Grave No. 2B), Rouen, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 132 |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3357 Pte Thomas John EDWARDS, 14th Bn, killed in action, 11 April 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |