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William Henry EDWARDS

Regimental number1895
Place of birthCharters Towers, Queensland
SchoolPublic Schools
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCustom house searcher
AddressBelmont, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Beatrice Turner, Train Terminus, Belmont, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military service8th Infantry; Served in the Cadets.
Enlistment date9 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name47th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/64/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 July 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 6), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
141
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Annie Beatrice TURNER (formerly EDWARDS), Longland Street, East Brisbane, Queensland, and the late William Henry EDWARDS. Native of Charters Towers, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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