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PIKE, Edward
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 4, 4A |
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Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Dundee, Scotland, February 1881 |
Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Butcher |
Died: | Died of Illness, France, 22 December 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt Grave Ref no: VII.E.18., |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill St. Andrews Church Honour Roll, Broken Hill War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Jan 1900: | Involvement Unspecified British Units |
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World War 1 Service
24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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21 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4, 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Saldanha embarkation_ship_number: A12 public_note: '' | |
21 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 4, 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, HMAT Saldanha, Adelaide | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4, 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
22 Dec 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4A, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4A awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-12-22 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He had lived at 2 Dalhousie Terrace, Perth Rd, Dundee.
Edward died of natural causes during the night of 22nd/23rd December.
He left a widow, Edith May Andresen (formally Pike) Oxide St, Broken Hill, Australia.
Australian Infantry, A.I.F.-50th Bn.
Date of enlistment: 24.08.1914
Place of enlistment: Morphettville, Australia