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Corporal Charles Walter Edwards

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Given name
W
Family name
Edwards
Gender
Male
Service number
2637
Conflicts
First World War, 1914–18
Campaign
Somme 1916 - 1917
Somme 1918
Ypres Salient 1917
Fate
Killed in action (KIA)
Fate date
12 May 1918
Additional information
Last held rank
Corporal
Unit at embarkation
17th Battalion
Service
Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF)
Veteran Notes/Bio

Enlisted July 1915. Various disciplinary issues leading to a court martial in May 1917. Subsequently wounded in action (shrapnel wound to the arm) September 1917 and then KIA May 1918 (when a shell exploded directly above a trench he was defending). Killed outright. Aged 31. Last known address: 21 Stephen Street

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