William Edward Bradbury

Forenames

William Edward AWMM

Surname

Bradbury AWMM

Service number

WWI 46547 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

21 April 1895

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Place of birth

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Address before enlistment

23 Rolleston Street, Linwood, Christchurch

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Next of kin

E.S. Bradbury (father), 23 Rolleston Street, Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 46547 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Civil servant/Civilian AWMM

Age on enlistment

21

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Occupation before enlistment

Civil Servant at State Fire Insurance Office

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Embarkation details

WW1 26 Apr 1917-20 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 84 AWMM Vessel was Turakina AWMM Private AWMM 25th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Death

3 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Place of death

Polderhoek Spur, near Ypres, Belgium

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Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

This officer, whose death from wounds in France on the 3rd December last, has been reported, was the son of Mr. Edward S. Bradbury, of "Rolloven," North Brighton, Christchurch, and at the time of his death, was in his 23rd year. He joined the Christchurch Branch of the State Fire Insurance Office on the 24th July, 1911, and had only been a very short time at the front when he met his death. He is the first officer of the Department to lay down his life in the Great War, and his death, which removes a most promising and popular member of the staff, will be sincerely regretted by all those who were privileged to know him.

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Memorial name

Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22278223
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1737232/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1737232
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Public Service Obituary
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/public-service-at-war/obituaries
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• commonwealth War Graves Commission
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References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  62: 11
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• HMNZT 84 - The klink : a souvenir of the voyage of S.S. Turakina (H.M.N.Z.T. 84) April to July, 1917; and a history of the doings of the Left Wing of the 25th Reinforcements N.Z.E.F. on their way to the Front -- London : Printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. : 1917
• Manning, C. (1980). Cover Story: The history of the State Insurance Office 1905-1980. State Ins
  Public - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Book