EDWARDS D.W.

EDWARDS D.W.

Given Names: David William

Service Number:

Unit: 7th Battalion, 7th reinforcements

Rank: Captain

Paybook Number:

Age: 23 Yrs

Occupation: Engineer

Marital Status: Single

Religion: Baptist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height: 5 Ft 11 In

Weight: 156 Lbs

Chest: 37-39 In

Hair:

Eyes:

Complexion:

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted: 27/3/1915

Place: Melbourne

Next of Kin: FATHER David William Edwards

65 Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria

Embarkation Date: 16/7/1915

Port: Melbourne

Ship: HMAT Demosthenes A64

END OF WAR

Status: Returned to Australia

Ship: Karoola

Embarked: 30/10/1915

Disembarked: 4/12/1915

Unit: 7th Battalion

Rank: Captain

Discharge Date: 18/9/1916

Place:

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: 24312

British War Medal: 15653

Victory Medal: 15590

Other:

BIRTH

Date or Year: 15/4/1893

Place: Brunswick, Victoria

Father: David William EDWARDS

Mother: Ida May LEWIS

MARRIAGE

Year: 1917

Place: Victoria

Spouse: Edith Maude CROW

DEATH

Date or Year: 22/7/1919

Place: Minyip, Victoria

Burial: Brighton Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Was diagnosed with tuberculosis of left lung; died of pneumonic influenza

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance