EDWARDS V.C.

Given Names:  Victor Carrington

Service Number:  2477

Unit:  7th Battalion, 7th reinforcements                                                                             

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  262252

Age:  19 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Car Builder                                                                                                

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  157 Lbs

Chest:  34-37 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  2/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  David William Edwards

65 Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  17/7/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Demosthenes A64

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Kildonian Castle                               

Embarked:  21/3/1919                               

Disembarked:  7/5/1919

Unit:  5th Pioneer Battalion                                                                                                            

Rank: 

Discharge Date:  29/6/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  7328

British War Medal:  16379

Victory Medal:  16277

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  22/5/1896

Place:  St Kilda, Victoria                          

Father:  David William EDWARDS            

Mother:  Ida May LEWIS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1922     

Place:             

Spouse: Lucy Cecelia WILLIAMS

DEATH

Date or Year: 11/2/1960                            

Place: Thornbury, Victoria                       

Burial:  Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V8043                                                  

Date Enlisted:  5/7/1940                                                      

Date Discharged:  3/2/1945

COMMENTS

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