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Driver Edwin Walter Calvert, originally from Beverley, served in the Australian Artillery during WW1. He was born 10 Mar 1892 and baptised at St Mary’s Church on 17 Apr. He was one of five sons born to Abraham and Sarah Calvert. Abraham was from Beverley, Sarah was from Bourne in Lincolnshire, they married at Stamford in 1886. Abraham was a joiner. The family home was in Wood Lane, later in Norwood and then 31 Wilbert Lane. Edwin became a farm worker and in the 1911 census is recorded as a “hind hand” at The Grange Farm at Dringhoe, near Skipsea. He emigrated to Australia on an unassisted passage. On 5 Dec 1913 he set sail from London on board the SS Omrah and arrived in Brisbane on 12 Jan 1914. He worked as a farm labourer in Victoria.
Edwin enlisted at Melbourne on 12 Oct 1916 and became a driver for the 111th Howitzer Battery, 11th Field Artillery Brigade. He arrived in Plymouth 19 Jul 1917 and undertook training at Salisbury Plain. Edwin arrived in France 19 Oct 1917. He was hospitalised a number of times. After the war he returned to Beverley and married Hilda Jane Sowersby at Beverley Minster on 16 Dec 1918. They returned to Australia on the SS Ceramic, leaving Liverpool 9 Aug 1919. They had a daughter, Annie. Hilda died in 1932. Edwin was a farmer and later served in the reserve during WW2. He died on 5 Apr 1965 at Heidelburg, Victoria, he was described as a storeman.
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