Edward Ernest Woollett

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First Name:

Edward/Edwin

Middle Name:

Ernest

Last Name:

Woollett

Date of Birth:

Wednesday, August 22, 1877

Mother's Name:

Isabella (nee Smith)

Father's Name:

Thomas Woollett

Date Enlisted:

Monday, July 5, 1915

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

20th Battalion

Company:

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

1914/1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Wednesday, July 26, 1916

Place of Death:

Pozieres, France

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Private Edward Woollett (Service 2246) was a single 37 year old labourer from Narooma. His given name was Edward Ernest, but he often went under the name Edwin.

He embarked on HMAT A8 Argyllshire with 4th Reinforcements 20th Battalion on 30th September, 1915.

He arrived on Gallipoli on 12th November, 1915 and saw service until the evacuation. He then went to France and took part in the Battle for Pozieres.

Edward was killed on 26th July while taking part in a trench charge across no-man's-land under heavy machine gun fire. He has no known grave, but is remember on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Panel number 92

Sources:

NAA: B2455, WOOLLETT E E