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LCPL Edward James “Eddie” Edgley
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LCPL Edward James “Eddie” Edgley

Birth
North Fitzroy, Yarra City, Victoria, Australia
Death
25 Apr 1915 (aged 20)
Gelibolu, Çanakkale, Türkiye
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Plot
Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 2
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Edward James Edgley and his twin sister Alice Nellie were born in North Fitzroy, Melbourne, the twelfth and thirteenth children of Caroline (née Edwards) & Frederick Edgley. Eddie, as he was known to his friends and family, grew up beside his father's shoe factory on Scotchmer Street, North Fitzroy. Eddie married Sylvia Leta Inall MacLean, of North Melbourne, on October 22nd 1913, and they had one daughter, Jean Matilda.

Seven months after his daughter's birth, 20-year-old Edward enlisted to fight in World War One, and embarked in October 1914, as part of the 7th Battalion. He was described by his comrades as being "well built...known as Eddie...was very poplar, always singing rag-times."

Edward disappeared in action on April 25th 1915, at the landing that what was later named Anzac Cove. He was officially classified as Killed In Action towards the end of the war, but his remains were never discovered. A headstone was erected in Eddie's honour at Lone Pine Cemetery in Gallipoli, and his name was also marked on what would be his parents' grave at Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery in Melbourne. Eddie's widow, Sylvia, remarried three years after his death, and their daughter, Jean, died aged nine of Meningitis. Jean was buried with her father's cenotaph in Coburg.

Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery cenotaph
Australian War Memorial cenotaph
Edward James Edgley and his twin sister Alice Nellie were born in North Fitzroy, Melbourne, the twelfth and thirteenth children of Caroline (née Edwards) & Frederick Edgley. Eddie, as he was known to his friends and family, grew up beside his father's shoe factory on Scotchmer Street, North Fitzroy. Eddie married Sylvia Leta Inall MacLean, of North Melbourne, on October 22nd 1913, and they had one daughter, Jean Matilda.

Seven months after his daughter's birth, 20-year-old Edward enlisted to fight in World War One, and embarked in October 1914, as part of the 7th Battalion. He was described by his comrades as being "well built...known as Eddie...was very poplar, always singing rag-times."

Edward disappeared in action on April 25th 1915, at the landing that what was later named Anzac Cove. He was officially classified as Killed In Action towards the end of the war, but his remains were never discovered. A headstone was erected in Eddie's honour at Lone Pine Cemetery in Gallipoli, and his name was also marked on what would be his parents' grave at Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery in Melbourne. Eddie's widow, Sylvia, remarried three years after his death, and their daughter, Jean, died aged nine of Meningitis. Jean was buried with her father's cenotaph in Coburg.

Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery cenotaph
Australian War Memorial cenotaph

Inscription

53 LANCE CPL.
E. J. EDGLEY
6TH BN. AUSTRALIAN INF.
25 APRIL 1915

THY WILL BE DONE

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