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Home » People » Edwin Lee Witcombe

Edwin Lee Witcombe

(Confirmed)

Born: 1 January, 1883

Died: 24 November, 1960

Service Number: 845

Ranks:

  • Held rank of Private

Birth Records:

  • 1 January, 1883 in Waterloo

Death Records:

  • 24 November, 1960 in Earlwood

Address:

  • Briston 14 Cabramatta Road Mosman NSW Australia

Relationships:

  • father - Robert James Burton Witcombe
  • mother - Sarah Elizabeth Nurse Jarvis
  • wife - Marion Gertrude Drew
  • sibling - Stanley Witcombe

Organisations:

  • Member of - Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force

Main Sources:

  • WITCOMBE Edwin Lee Service Number 845 Place of Birth Sydney NSW Place of Enlistment Liverpool NSW Next of Kin Wife WITCOMBE Marion Gertrude (NAA File)
  • Death Notice Stanley Witcombe (Newspaper Article)
  • WEDDINGS (Newspaper Article)

Commemorations:

  • WITCOMBE E. L. on the North Face of the
  • Witcombe on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour
  • E. on the Scots Kirk Presbyterian Church Mosman Roll of Honour
  • Witcombe on the MosmanNeutral Bay Rifle Club Roll of Honour

To commemorate the centenary of World War One, Mosman Library Service created an online resource to collect and display information about the wartime experiences of local service people.

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