Waters, Edgar Roy

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Waters, EdgarAllen Roy

Service ServiceNumber Number1494 693 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 7th April 1918 Gallipoli Peninsula France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Waters, Edgar Roy (Robey)

SERVICE NO

693

UNIT

20th Battalion

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

19 yrs 6 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Hamilton, NSW

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

School Teacher

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

30 Nov 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Newcastle, NSW

NEXT OF KIN

RELIGION

Mother;- Hannah Waters, Yarramalong via Gosford (Father deceased) Height-5’ 7”. Weight-154lbs. Chest-34-36”. Complexion-Medium. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Brown. Scar R/Shin, Mole L side of abdomen C/E

EMBARKED

21 Jun 1917 Melbourne per A29 “Suevic”

DISEMBARKED

25 Aug 1917 Liverpool

NOTES

7 Apr 1918- Reported missing France-Hangard Wood

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

3yrs Snr Cadets

WOUNDED/ILLNESS DIED

7 Apr 1918-Machine gun fire

BURIED MEDALS

British War Medal-58079, Victory Medal-57119. Memorial Plaque & Scroll353407.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS WILL

Beneficiary;- Mother, Hannah Waters

CORRESPONDENCE REMARKS RED CROSS REPORT

Waters body was left in Hangard Wood/ He was known as “Eddie”/ Thought to have been buried by the Germans’/

Gosford Times 16th May 1918 WATERS EDGAR ROY. 693.A. Reported missing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Private Edgar Waters, of Yarramalong.

Gosford Times 23rd May 1918 Private Edgar Roy Waters, of Yarramalong, is reported on the missing list.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8375535

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