Edwin Hercules Fardell
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FARDELL, Edwin Hercules
Service no: 847 [1]
Place of birth: Orange, 21 July 1890
Address: Byng Street, East Orange
Occupation: Labourer
Next of kin: Martha Ellen Fardell (mother), Byng Street, East Orange
Date of enlistment: 19 August 1914
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Age at enlistment: 24
Fate: Embarked A23 Suffolk, Sydney,18 October 1914. Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli, 5 April 1915. Wounded in action, sustaining a gunshot wound to the back, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915 Admitted to No 2 General Hospital, Cairo, 29 April 1915. Rejoined unit, Gallipoli, 31 May 1915. Wounded in action, sustaining a gunshot wound to the abdomen, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915. Died of wounds, HMHS Delta and buried at sea, 9 August 1915.
Date of death: 9 August 1915
