39th Battalion
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Edgar Francis Costelloe (SN 77) born in Ballarat, was a 25 year old telephone mechanic when he enlisted at Ballarat on March 21st 1916. Assigned to the 39th Infantry Battalion he embarked aboard the Ascanius on May 27th and sailed to England. In November he crossed to the battlefields of France. In August 1918 he sustained an accidental, slight, gunshot wound to his neck. An investigation found that he was not to blame. He returned to Australia aboard the City of York, disembarked at Melbourne on February 27th 1919 and was discharged on April 6th. He also enlisted to serve during WW2 with service number V226101.
