MUNTZ  E.G.

Given Names:  Edwin Gordon

               

Service Number:  433

Unit:  22nd Battalion, B Company                                                                                     

Rank:  Sergeant                                                                                                              

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Age:  18 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Surveyor's Apprentice                                                                                

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5 In                     

Weight:  135 Lbs

Chest:  36-38 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  30/1/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Alice Muntz

Fenwick Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  10/5/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ulysses A38

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Unit:  22nd Battalion                                                                                                                     

Rank:  Private

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  30746

British War Medal:  12127

Victory Medal:  12068

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1896

Place:  Cobden, Victoria                          

Father:  William Jamieson MUNTZ           

Mother:  Alice Elizabeth IRVINE

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 5/8/1916                            

Place: Pozieres, Somme, France              

Burial:  Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, France

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Was killed in the charge at Pozieres

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

Kew Cemetery

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 311925

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary