Topic: AIF - 4B - 4 LHR
4th LHR, AIF
4th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Edward Randolph Cleaver
Edward Randolph Cleaver's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Edward Randolph Cleaver
Service number: 91
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 4th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 31 October 1917
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: PALESTINE 1 Beersheba War Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: CLEAVER, Tpr. Edward Randolph, 91. 4th Australian Light Horse. Died of wounds 31st Oct., 1917. Age 31. Son of Edward and Mary Cleaver. Native of Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia. D. 38.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

Edward Randolph Cleaver
A brief military biography of Edward Randolph Cleaver from The AIF Project:
Regimental number | 91 |
School | Sale State School, and private tutor |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Butcher |
Address | Sale, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Next of kin | Father, Ed. Cleaver, Raymond Street, Sale, Victoria |
Previous military service | Member of 4th Light Horse Regiment for many years |
Enlistment date | 19 August 1914 |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/9/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 19 October 1914 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Died of wounds 31 October 1917 |
Place of death or wounding | Beersheba, Palestine |
Age at death | 31 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 31 |
Place of burial | Beersheba War Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 38), Palestine. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 4 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edward and Mary CLEAVER. Native of Ferntree Gully, Victoria |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
4th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
4th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917
Citation: 4th LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, Edward Randolph Cleaver