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Hitchen, Edgar Joseph (804)

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Place of Birth: Melbourne, VIC

Age: 29 years 3 months

Enlistment Details: Saturday, 13 February 1915 – Claremont, TAS

Service Number: 804            view online service record

Address:
112 Liardet Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Florence Louisa Hitchen (wife)
112 Liardet Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 29 June 1915
Ship: HMAT Aeneas A60
Port: Brisbane, QLD
Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion

Fate:
RTA: Thursday, 27 September 1917
Discharged: Saturday, 9 March 1918

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  • Brian Membrey
    Posted August 31, 2016 3.01 pm 0Likes
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    Second World War service :

    Born 2 November, 1893 (Kew), enlisted 6 October, 1939, served V80858, Private, Garrison Battalion, locality on enlistment Elsternwick, Attested Melbourne, NOK B HITCHEN . Discharged 21 December, 1939

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