Edward Roland EGAN

EGAN, Edward Roland

    Service Number: 843
    Enlisted: 27 August 1914, Randwick, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Tenterfield, New South Wales, 1891
    Home Town: Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales
    Schooling: West kempsey Public School
    Occupation: Clerk/Teacher
    Died: Wounds received at Gallipoli, Egypt, 14 August 1915
    Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Kempsey Public School WW1 Honor Roll, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 843, Randwick, New South Wales
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 843, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 843, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 843, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    2 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 843, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    21 May 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion
    8 Jun 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion
    8 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, 2nd occasion - GSW (head and chest)

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    Biography contributed by John Edwards

    "Private (later 2nd Lieutenant) Edward Roland Egan, 2nd Battalion, of Kempsey, NSW. Egan enlisted on 27 August 1914 and embarked from Sydney, NSW, aboard transport HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 18 October 1914. He was promoted to Lieutenant whilst serving on the Gallipoli peninsula, and died of wounds at Lone Pine on 14 August 1915." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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