DWYER, Edwin John
| Service Number: | 8325 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 October 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Seymour, Tasmania, Australia, 9 April 1868 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | miner |
| Died: | Auricular Fibrillation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 June 1953, aged 85 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, grave 9885 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Oct 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 8325, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) | |
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| 24 Oct 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 8325, Reinforcements WW1 | |
| 26 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 8325, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 8325, Tunnelling Companies, SS Indarra, Melbourne | |
| 24 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Lancelot Dwyer
Edwin John (Jeremiah) Dwyer's death Certificate states parents names as William Dwyer (Blacksmith) and Eliza Rosa Dwyer formerly Tremlow.
Edwin did not marry? However according to an application "The Returned Soldiers' Settlement Act, 1916" in the name of Edwin John Dwyer, which was for the lease of 320 acres of land at Monmouth, Stanfield, Woodsdale, Municipality of Oatlands in Tasmania, Edwin states that he is a widower with no children. This declaration was dated the seventeenth day of October 1919 at Hobart. His application was approved. Capital value of land was given as 1490 pounds, annual rental payments of 21 pounds seven shillings and sixpence.
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