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Bacchus Marsh
Avenue of Honour

Private James (Jim) Henry Edgerton

1884
Born in Heathcote, VIC
27/3/1916
Enlisted in the AIF, 10th Machine Gun Company, aged 32
27/5/1916
Embarked aboard the HMAT A11 Ascanius
18/7/1916
Disembarked at Devonport, England
4/9/1916
AWL for 38 hours - awarded, forfeit two days pay and confined to barracks for seven days
12/10/1916 - 30/10/1916
Admitted to hospital - measles
22/11/1916
Proceeding overseas to France
16/1/1917 - 5/2/1917
Admitted to hospital in France - mumps
10/2/1917
Rejoin unit
29/5/1917 - 10/6/1917
Admitted to 3rd Division Convalescent Camp
4/10/1917
Wounded in action during the Battle of Broodseinde Ridge - shell wound to head, side, hand and leg
5/10/1917
Died of wounds at 44th Casualty Clearing Station
Buried at Nine Elems British Cemetery, Belguim

Last updated by lee, Mon, 03 May 2021 15:47:05