Edward William John Marsh

(Confirmed)

Born: 1 January, 1885

Died: 23 August, 1919

Biographical Summary:

Served at Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine.

He returned to Australia on 4 July 1919. On 23 August 1919, while on holiday at Cullenbone, near Mudgee, he unexpectedly "died in his sleep from heart failure (syncope) caused by vomiting".

His Mosman address in the Embarkation Roll, 10 Milner Street, is that of his fiancee Muriel May Kendall (1891-1985).  Muriel never married. [JSB]

 

Service Number: 976

Ranks:

• Held rank of Trooper

Birth Records:

• 1 January, 1885 in Kensington

Death Records:

• 23 August, 1919 in Cullenbone

Address:

• Hawthorn 10 Milner Street Mosman NSW Australia

Relationships:

• father - John Strafford Marsh
• mother - Eleanor Louisa Tompkins

Organisations:

• Member of - 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
• Member of - 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron

Main Sources:

• MARSH Edward William John Service Number 976 Place of Birth London England Place of Enlistment Liverpool NSW Next of Kin Father MARSH J (Webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Rolls Edward William John Marsh (Webpage)
• SOLDIER’S DEATH MUDGEE (Newspaper Article)
• The Death at Cullenbone CAUSED BY SYNCOPE ENDING AT THE INQUIRY (Newspaper Article)
• Death Notice (Newspaper Article)
• IN MEMORIAM 23 August 1920 (Newspaper Article)
• Commonwealth War Graves Edward William John Marsh (Webpage)

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