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Edgar EGERT

Regimental number3281
Place of birthWooloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland
SchoolEast Brisbane and Dutton Park State Schools, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarter
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Martin John Egert, Wellington Road, East Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed with different Corps of Volunteer Cadets.
Enlistment date16 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on 30 December 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3281A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 22 July 1918
Place of death or woundingMerris Front
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLonguenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 102), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
55
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Martin John and Rose EGERT, Wellington Road, Brisbane
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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