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EDNEY, James

Service Numbers:	2275, V372501
Enlisted:	11 January 1916, Assigned to Imperial Camel Corp then 15th Light Horse when Camel Corp dissolved
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC)
Born:	Whitefield, Lancashire, England, 29 May 1895
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Timber Worker metal worker at enlistment
Died:	Cancer, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 16 June 1964, aged 69 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Pittosporum garden family tree with wife Isabel, in laws George and Mary Bruce and son George and wife Coral
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World War 1 Service

11 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 2275, Assigned to Imperial Camel Corp then 15th Light Horse when Camel Corp dissolved
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 2275, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 2275, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Uganda, Melbourne
11 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2275

World War 2 Service

15 Mar 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V372501
15 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V372501, Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC)
12 Jan 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V372501

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