Participant Info

Surname

Witcombe

First Name

Edwin

Initial

L

Service Number

845

Rank

private

Unit Served

4th Tropical Force, Naval and Military Expeditionary Forces

Service Record

Rabaul

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

August 1

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

November 20

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 112, image page 113

Also Known As

Spousal

Mrs. Marion Gertrude Witcombe

Spousal Address

14 Cabramatta Road, Mosman

Spouse City

Spouse State

NSW

Parental Name

The late Robert and Elizabeth Witcombe

Parental Address

Parental City

Parental State

Notes

"born at Waterloo, February 11, 1888, educated Neutral Bay, plumber, enlisted August 1, 1915, embarked November 20, 1915. War service: Rabaul (as garrison plumber, assisting in the erection of the wireless mast at Bita Paka), contracted malaria, returned