25/01/1917- Completed Application for Enlistment & Medical Examination Pingelly WA
29/01/1917- To 10/51 Battalion Blackboy Hill Camp WA as Private
16/03/1917- To 1st Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron Seymour VIC as Trooper
31/03/1917- To Machine Gun Depot Bendigo VIC
29/08/1917- Suffered Fractured Right Thumb ( Accidentally Crushed in Machine Gun)
02/11/1917- Embarked Melbourne VIC aboard “Commonwealth” bound for Egypt
10/12/1917- Disembarked Alexandria to Overseas Reinforcements Camp Moascar Egypt
02/01/1918- To Machine Gun Training Squadron Moascar
06/01/1918- To Imperial School of Instruction Moascar
07/01/1918- Admitted 14th Australian General Hospital Abbassia Egypt (Neurosis)
18/01/1918- Discharged from Hospital to M/Gun Training Squadron
07/02/1918- Transferred to 1st Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron Egypt
18/03/1918- Detached to Field Squadron Egypt
28/03/1918- Wounded by Bomb to Left Hand – Admitted 1st Australian Receiving Station
07/04/1918-Rejoined 1st LHMGS in the field Egypt
12/05/1918- Appointed Driver at Solomons Pools
31/05/1918- Reverts to Trooper at Wadi Anja
19/06/1918- Admitted 36th Stationary Hospital Gaza (Injury to Knee- Traumatic Synovitis) ex 1st Light Horse Ambulance, Aust Receiving Station and 76th Canadian Casualty Clearing Station
****(on 11/06/1918 when riding a Remount to water under shellfire , camels appeared and spooked his mount, causing him to fall)
21/06/1918- Transferred/Admitted 24th Stationary Hospital Gaza then to 14th Australian General Hospital Abbassia
17/07/1918- To Rest Camp Port Said Egypt
11/08/1918- Rejoined 1stLHMGS at Latron
16/10/1918- Admitted 36th General Hospital Gaza ( Malaria-Fever) ex 66th Casualty Clearing Station Jerusalem
31/10/1918- Transferred/Admitted 44th Stationary Hospital Kantara Egypt
06/11/1918- Transferred 31st General Hospital Abbassia Egypt
09/12/1918- Discharged from Hospital to Kit Stores Boulac Egypt
17/12/1918- Granted Leave Egypt
02/01/1919- Rejoined Machine Gun Squadron Moascar ex Leave
15/05/1919- Embarked England aboard “Orari” for Return to Australia
27/06/1919- Disembarked Fremantle WA
11/07/1919- Discharged from Service (Termination of Period of Enlistment).
SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED
British War Medal – No. 20951
Victory Medal – No. 19952.
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
Details of Recommendation yet to be provided.
AUTHOR COMMENT
Edward was known as Ted during his War Service, however was widely known within his family circle as “DUKE”.