Edwin Walter (Ted) Buck

  General Notes:

Lived at 7/32 Moorehead St, Redfern at time of death.

WW1 Embarkation Record
Buck, Edwin Walter
Service Number: 2880
Rank/Calling: Private
Unit: 4 LHR [Light Horse Regiment] - 13 to 25 Reinforcements (January 1916 - January 1917)
Ship Name: HMAT Port Sydney
Ship Number: A15
Date of Embarkation: 7/09/1916
Place of Embarkation: Melbourne

Edwin Walter Buck enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 6/6/1916, next of kin was his mother Mrs Leah Buck, Francis Street, Bairnsdale.
The Certificate of Medical Examination describes Edwin as: - 18 years and 3 months, height - 5 feet 6 and a half inches, weight - 130 pounds, chest measurement - 31/34 inches, complexion - florid, eyes - blue, hair - dark brown and religious denomination - Church of England. His distinctive marks were - Vac - nil, scar - left kneecap, mole - right side cheek and mole - under chin.
Edwin served in the Light Horse Unit at Tideworth and was transferred to the artillery. He was mustered as a gunner.
Edwin served in France and was appointed driver. He was in hospital with Influenza on the 1/4/1918 and rejoined his unit on 27/8/1918.
He was convicted of drunkenness on 16/8/1918 and awarded 2 days F.P. Edwin was A.W.L. from 23.59 on the 28/5/1919 until 1500, 29/5/1919 and admonished by Maj. McLeish on the 6/6/1919 and forfeited one days pay.

Electoral Roll: -
1924 - 759 Glenhuntly Road, Caulfield, Vic. - Carpenter
1924 - 87 Dundas Place, Albert Park, Vic. - Driver.
1929 - 3 Liddiard Street, Glenferrie, Vic. - Driver.
1931 - 39 Oxley Road, Glenferrie, Vic. - Driver
1936 - 13 Manningtree Road, Glenferrie, Vic. - Sales.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Labourer, Driver.

• Death Certificate Number: (42976/1974).

Edwin married Elizabeth Margaret Cousins in 1926 in Victoria Australia. (Elizabeth Margaret Cousins was born circa 1900.)