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Oliver David EDWARDS

Regimental number414
Place of birthGympie, Queensland
SchoolState School, Gympie, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Thomas Evan Edwards, Bells Bridge, O'Leary's Crossings, Gympie, Queensland
Enlistment date30 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateDied of disease 30 October 1916
Place of death or woundingTidworth, England
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialTidworth Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 209), North Tidworth, Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
134
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Hannah Maria Puddle EDWARDS, Bells Bridge, O'Leary's Crossing, Curra, Queensland

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