Edwin BAVISTER

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Service Numbers:	3252, 7461
Enlisted:	29 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, 14 January 1889
Home Town:	Albion, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse driver
Died:	Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 19 July 1938, aged 49 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland (DVA) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: 10-77-39, Portion 10/Section 77/Grave 39; buried with: Mary Josephine Bavister.
Memorials:	Redbank War Memorial

29 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3252, Brisbane, Queensland
21 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3252, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3252, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
5 Jun 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3252, 15th Infantry Battalion
6 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7461, Brisbane, Queensland
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7461, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7461, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
17 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion
28 May 1918:	Wounded Private, 7461, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), Gas
10 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7461, 42nd Infantry Battalion

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