Edgar William ABLEY

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Service Number:	1868
Enlisted:	17 February 1916, Place of Enlistment Geelong, Victoria.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Northcote, Victoria. , 1894
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Ashby State School, Geelong, Victoria
Occupation:	Slaughterman
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 15 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

17 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1868, 58th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment Geelong, Victoria.
8 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1868, 58th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
8 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 1868, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Melbourne

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