WAKE, Edward
| Service Number: | 4482 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1 |
| Born: | Scottsdale Tasmania, Australia, 18 November 1884 |
| Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Enteric Fever, 5th Southern General Hospital, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, 18 January 1916, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery, Hampshire, England Plot H, Row 19, Grave 8, Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall |
World War 1 Service
| 6 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4482, 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital | |
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| 15 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 4482, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 4482, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, RMS Mooltan, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 18th January.... Private Edward Wake was born at Scottsdale, Tasmania in 1884. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 6th May, 1915 as a 30 year old, married, Painter & Decorator from Felton, Carrington Road, Randwick, Sydney, NSW.
Private Edward Wake embarked from Sydney, NSW on RMS Mooltan on 15th May, 1915 with the 3rd Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Medical Corps.
Private Edward Wake proceeded to join M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) at Gallipoli in August, 1915. He was admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital at Mudros on 9th September, 1915 with Enteric.
Private Wake was again admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital at Mudros West on 2nd October, 1915. He was transferred to Base on 3rd November, 1915 due to ill health & was invalided to England on Hospital Ship Mauretania & disembarked in England on 11th November, 1915.
Private Edward Wake died at 12 noon on 18th January, 1916 at Milton Infirmary Section, 5th Southern General Hospital, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England from Enteric Fever.
Private Edward was buried in Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England where 11 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-milton.html
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