#769 - Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Regiment AIF
"The late Corporal A. G. Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Edwards, Chevy Chase, Mitchell was the second of four sons to make the great sacrifice. The deceased soldier volunteered in August, 1914 and on the way to Egypt the transport took on board 10 prisoners from the Emden. He was 205 days on Gallipoli Peninsula on duty all the time. He went with the first batch of Australians to France and was wounded at Pozieres in July 1916. He was in the trenches until he was sent to the school of instruction from which he had only returned to the firing line a few weeks when he was wounded and died at Bullecourt on May 8. Only a few days previously word had been received that the youngest son Private J. M. Edwards who had been reported missing since August 8, 1916, had been killed in action on that date. He was a bomb thrower. The eldest son Private F. R. C. Edwards of one of the infantry battalions is in the trenches in France. The third son, Private O. W. Edwards of the Light Horse, volunteered in 1914. He saw some of the Gallipoli campaign and since then has been with his regiment which at last advices was in Palestine." - The Brisbane Courier - 2 June 1917
"The late Corporal A. G. Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Edwards, Chevy Chase, Mitchell was the second of four sons to make the great sacrifice. The deceased soldier volunteered in August, 1914 and on the way to Egypt the transport took on board 10 prisoners from the Emden. He was 205 days on Gallipoli Peninsula on duty all the time. He went with the first batch of Australians to France and was wounded at Pozieres in July 1916. He was in the trenches until he was sent to the school of instruction from which he had only returned to the firing line a few weeks when he was wounded and died at Bullecourt on May 8. Only a few days previously word had been received that the youngest son Private J. M. Edwards who had been reported missing since August 8, 1916, had been killed in action on that date. He was a bomb thrower. The eldest son Private F. R. C. Edwards of one of the infantry battalions is in the trenches in France. The third son, Private O. W. Edwards of the Light Horse, volunteered in 1914. He saw some of the Gallipoli campaign and since then has been with his regiment which at last advices was in Palestine." - The Brisbane Courier - 2 June 1917
#769 - Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Regiment AIF
"The late Corporal A. G. Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Edwards, Chevy Chase, Mitchell was the second of four sons to make the great sacrifice. The deceased soldier volunteered in August, 1914 and on the way to Egypt the transport took on board 10 prisoners from the Emden. He was 205 days on Gallipoli Peninsula on duty all the time. He went with the first batch of Australians to France and was wounded at Pozieres in July 1916. He was in the trenches until he was sent to the school of instruction from which he had only returned to the firing line a few weeks when he was wounded and died at Bullecourt on May 8. Only a few days previously word had been received that the youngest son Private J. M. Edwards who had been reported missing since August 8, 1916, had been killed in action on that date. He was a bomb thrower. The eldest son Private F. R. C. Edwards of one of the infantry battalions is in the trenches in France. The third son, Private O. W. Edwards of the Light Horse, volunteered in 1914. He saw some of the Gallipoli campaign and since then has been with his regiment which at last advices was in Palestine." - The Brisbane Courier - 2 June 1917
"The late Corporal A. G. Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Edwards, Chevy Chase, Mitchell was the second of four sons to make the great sacrifice. The deceased soldier volunteered in August, 1914 and on the way to Egypt the transport took on board 10 prisoners from the Emden. He was 205 days on Gallipoli Peninsula on duty all the time. He went with the first batch of Australians to France and was wounded at Pozieres in July 1916. He was in the trenches until he was sent to the school of instruction from which he had only returned to the firing line a few weeks when he was wounded and died at Bullecourt on May 8. Only a few days previously word had been received that the youngest son Private J. M. Edwards who had been reported missing since August 8, 1916, had been killed in action on that date. He was a bomb thrower. The eldest son Private F. R. C. Edwards of one of the infantry battalions is in the trenches in France. The third son, Private O. W. Edwards of the Light Horse, volunteered in 1914. He saw some of the Gallipoli campaign and since then has been with his regiment which at last advices was in Palestine." - The Brisbane Courier - 2 June 1917
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