Edward COLLYER

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Service Number:	4778
Enlisted:	30 December 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	East Fremantle, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Occupation:	Timber Worker

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30 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4778, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4778, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
17 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion
10 Sep 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4778, 48th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia on compassionate grounds following discovery that his wife had been charged on suspicion of trying to murder their three children, while living as 'Mrs King'. Further research pending.

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