REVILL, Edward Bolton
| Service Number: | 7309 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Colac, Victoria, Australia, 23 July 1888 |
| Home Town: | Rupanyup, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Gellibrand State School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 March 1918, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Gommecourt British Cemetery No.2, Hebuterne, France Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 23. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7309, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 7309, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 7309, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The local paper, the Rupanyup Spectator, reported that ‘Private Edward Revill who was 29 years of age was highly respected in this district where he resided for 6 years in the employ of Mr J. Florence of Rupanyup; his parents living in Colac. He left Australia in February, 1917 on the troopship Ballarat which was torpedoed in the English Channel.’
When he enlisted, Edward may have just learned that his eldest brother 4667 Private William James Revill 31st Battalion AIF, had passed away from meningitis aboard a troopship bound for England on 13 January 1917.
In Edward’s Red Cross file Lieutenant Trewheeler commented ‘He was a member of my platoon, and on the afternoon of the 29th March he was observing when a shell burst on the parapet of the trench, killing him instantly. I always admired him for the cheery way he had of doing things, and by his cheeriness he inspired others who were likely to become a bit depressed, during the din and roar of battle. He was buried just outside Hebuterne, and a cross erected over his grave’.