Edwin CHALLIS

CHALLIS, Edwin

Service Number: 3040
Enlisted: 22 December 1916, Enlisted at Geelong
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Barwon Heads, Victoria, Australia, 1882
Home Town: Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Foreman
Died: Accidental (Injuries), France, 18 December 1918
Cemetery: Maubeuge-Centre Cemetery, France
Row B, Grave 35, Maubeuge-Centre Cemetery, Maubeuge, Avesnes sur Helpe, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barwon Heads & District Residents Honor Roll, Connewarre & District Soldiers Honor Roll, Torquay Point Danger War Memorial, Waurn Ponds Shire of South Barwon Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

22 Dec 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3040, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong
19 Feb 1917: Involvement Private, 3040, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917: Embarked Private, 3040, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
14 Jun 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3040, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Gunshot wound to the right shoulder and abdomen and evacuated to England on the 18 June 1918
17 Dec 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3040, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Shattered leg and foot and fractured arm
18 Dec 1918: Involvement Private, 3040, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3040 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-12-18

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Harry and Sarah Jane Challis of Verner Stret, South Geelong, Vic.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal