Robert EDWARDS

EDWARDS, Robert

Service Numbers: 826, 99
Enlisted: 21 August 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion
Born: Merino, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1880
Home Town: Merino, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling: Henty State School No 2020, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: 12 December 1967, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Merino War Memorial
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 826, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 99, 4th Light Horse Regiment
19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 99, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 99, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
1 Oct 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 99, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bullet wound to foot
9 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Transferred to France
13 Mar 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 99, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, RTA 5 November 1917 and medically discharged 13 March 1918 due to irregular heart beat.

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