Lieutenant Edgar Sydney Worrall
Source: Digger History
| First year at Wesley | 1912 |
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| Personal information | Son of a President of College Council (1918). LA Adamson records Worrall as being killed on 1/11/1917. |
| Date enlisted | 17/06/1915 |
| Unit enlisted | 23rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements - Service Number 2026 |
| Service details | Arrived at Gallipoli on 29/10/1915 and one of the last to leave. Claims to be the last to shoot at Lone Pine on the final night of the evacuation. Killed at jumping off point for attack on Broodseinde Ridge. |
| Date of death | 04/10/1917 - 20 years of age |
| Unit details | 24th Battalion |
| Cemetery/Memorial place | Aeroplane Military Cemetery - Plot 5, Row A 3 |
Other references and additional information
- The AIF Project
- Discovering ANZACs
- Australian War Memorial
- RSL Virtual War Memorial
- Digger History - Worrall
- Wesley College Chronicle - May 1918, p.30
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