Edward ABELSCALN MM

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Service Number:	96
Enlisted:	4 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Riga, Latvia, 11 August 1888
Home Town:	Lizums, Gulbene, Lipland, Latvia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sailor
Died:	Natural Causes, Riga, Latvia, 24 January 1960, aged 71 years
Cemetery:	Riga Forest Cemetery
Memorials:

4 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 96, 13th Light Horse Regiment
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 96, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 96, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
12 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, 1st Passchendaele, This N.C.O. was controlling the Traffic on the BELLEWAARDE Plank Road. On the day in question the road was bocked by a shell crater - in consequence a great deal of through traffic for WESTHOEK was held up. This N.C.O. at once to the assistance of the engineering party and through his energy, coolness, and example materially assisted in clearing the road. Throughout the time the road was being heavily shelled. (See also memo from C.R.O. 1st ANZAC Corps Troops).

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