Edwards, William John

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B.A. : Hon. Lieutenant, Y.M.C.A., A.I.F., England and France. Enlisting 10th January, 1916, was promoted corporal but discharged 12th August. Re-Enlisting with Y.M.C.A., immediately sailed in October and served in England in 1917 and in France in 1918, from February to November as 14th Brigade representative, returning in 1920. Was in action at Villers-Bretonneux and during August Advance to Hindenburg Line, though gassed at Corbie in June, 1918. Member of Council, Canberra University College. Early education at Sydney Grammar School. Later at Moore College, and Ridley Hall, Cambridge.

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1891

Birth in Riverstone -- NSW, Australia 9 December 1891
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Early education at Fort Street Model Public School, Millers Point, NSW, Australia
1916

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1916
1916

Enlisted 10 Jan 1916
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Military service as Hon. Lieutenant at Wingate, England --, United Kingdom ; France --, France
1916

Married 29 Apr 1916 at St Anne's Church Ryde [ NSW Australia ]
1919

Tertiary education at Cambridge University Training College for School Masters, Cambridge, England 1919
1926

Headmaster at Cooma -- NSW, Australia 1926
1929

Headmaster at Canberra -- ACT, Australia 1929
1951

Tertiary education at National and Capodistrian University, Athens, Greece 1951
1952

Senior Welfare Officer 1952
1956

Rector at St James, King St -- Sydney NSW, Australia 1956
1967

Death in Bellevue Hill -- NSW, Australia 24 September 1967

Gender

Male

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