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Gordon James EDWARDS

Regimental number6011
Place of birthThirroul, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarm hand
AddressDorrigo, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Edwards, Cider Vale, Dorrigo, New South Wales
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot LXV, Row A, Grave No. 1), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
69
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and R.F.C. EDWARDS, Cedar Vale, Dorrigo, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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