Participant Info

Given Name

Edward James

Family Name

Bird

Service Number

2581

Place of Birth

Bairnsdale VIC

Occupation

Carpenter

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne VIC

Next of Kin

Father, William John Moxom, Bairnsdale

Address on Enlistment

Sale PO, Sale, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

22nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

22

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A38 Ulysses, Melbourne VIC on 27 October 1915

Rank on Enlistment

Acting Sergeant

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

Place of death or wounding

Guedecourt, near Bapaume, France

Date of Death

6/11/1916

Fate

KIA

Place of burial/memorial

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Link to record

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