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Perry EDWARDS

Regimental number1714
Place of birthBarry Dock, South Wales
SchoolElementary School, Gladstone Road
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressAdelaide GPO, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs L Edwards, 36 Richard Street, Berry Docks, South Wales
Enlistment date30 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 1 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularArrived in Australia, 1912
FateDied of wounds 11 August 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Percy
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 59), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
145
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Louisa EDWARDS, 36 Richard Street, Barry Dock, Glam, Wales

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