If he died of wounds on August 11th 1918 he would have been part of the Amiens push of the combined Australian forces (for the first time in that War) on August 8th under General Monash. And if he was in the 17th battery, he would probably have been commanded by Bill Cox’s father, William Ellis Cox, who fought in that battle. The battle of Amiens is largely credited with signalling the turn of the war on the Western Front.
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ID number
P04623.001
Object type
Black & white - Print other than silver gelatin
Date made
c 1915
Credit line
Donor J Trethewey
Collection
Description
Portrait of Edwin Clifford Trethewey who served in the First World War as 8218 Gunner (Gnr) Trethewey, 17th Battery, 6th Field Artillery Brigade, of Launceston, Tas. Gnr Trethewey enlisted on 17 September 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Botanist on 24 November 1915. He died of wounds on 11 August 1918, near Amiens in France, aged 31 years.