Edward Larkin
Edward Rennix "Teddy" Larkin (21 September 1880–25 April 1915) was an Australian parliamentarian and a national representative rugby union player who saw service in World War I and was killed in action on the first day of the Gallipoli Campaign. He was one of only two serving members of any Australian parliament to fall in World War I. He was the member for Willoughby in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from December 1913 until his death.
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