Riley, Edwin Bloomfield Gerard

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B.D.S. : Major, A.A.M.C. (Dental Services), A.I.F., France. Enlisting and sailing 10th November, 1915, as lieutenant, served alternately with 8th and 15 th Australian Field Ambulances from 16th April, 1916, till 30th November, 1917. Appointed S.D.O., 4th Command Depot, Wareham, 1st December, 1917, attached to No. 1 Convalescent Depot, Havre, 10th December, 1918, and appointed Senior Officer, Aust. Dental Section, A.I.F. Depots, U.K., 28th April, 1919, serving till demobilisation. Promoted hon. captain, 13th December, 1916; captain, 6th April, 1917, and major, 1st December.

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1883

Riley E.B.G. : Life.Birth 13 Jan 1883
1907

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1907
1915

Military service as Major at France --, France ; Philadelphia -University of Pennsylvania-, USA 15 April 1915
1915

Enlisted 10 Nov 1915
1917

Dentist at Deniliquin -- NSW, Australia 1917
1919

Tertiary education at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA 1919
1920

Returned to Australia 24 Mar 1920
1939

Dental Officer at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1939
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Riley E.B.G. : Death

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Male