SLADE  E.G.

Given Names:  Edward Garner

               

Service Number:  5091

Unit:  24th Battalion, 13th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  24154

 

Age:  32 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Bricklayer                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Baptist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5 In                     

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  34-36 In

Hair:  Auburn

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  26/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Annie Slade

9 Gladstone Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  28/7/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Thermistocles A32

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Khyber  

Embarked:  31/3/1919                               

Disembarked:  21/5/1919

Unit:  24th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  30/10/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  49304

Victory Medal:  38393

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  18/8/1883

Place:  Armadale, Victoria                        

Father:  Henry SLADE                            

Mother:  Emma Frances GARNER

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1909     

Place:             

Spouse: Annie WHITE

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 19/12/1953                        

Place: Prahran, Victoria                           

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 8/5/1917; gun shot wound, right foot

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V363741                                     

Date Enlisted:  22/3/1942                                        

Date Discharged:  11/10/1943

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary