| Regimental number | 1104 |
| Place of birth | Launceston, Tasmania |
| True Name | FITZGERALD, Edward William |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Agent |
| Address | 4 Cecil Street, Evandale, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 37 |
| Height | 5' 9.5" |
| Weight | 168 lbs |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Elizabeth Edwards, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
| Previous military service | Served for 4 years in the Victorian Engineers; 2 years in the Tasmanian Artillery. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Morphettville, South Australia |
| Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
| Unit name | 10th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT Themistocles on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 32), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 59 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | True name : Edward W. FITZGERALD |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Found guilty by Field General Court Martial, Lemnos, 6 April 1915, of drunkenness on the Line of March: reduced to the ranks. Note on file: 'Records show reduced 6-4-15 and was supernumerary to establishment and was left on Boat when Battn landed at Gallipoli and no further record in Battalion.' Court of Enquiry, held at Rouen, France, 3 September 1917, declared fate as 'Killed in Action, on or about 25-4-15'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, EDWARDS Edward |
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