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Edgar Lewis Acker

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edgar Lewis AWMM
  • Surname
    Acker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Edgar Louis Ackers AWMM
    • Edgar Lewis Ackers AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 26/655 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    O. Ackers (father), Tuatapere P.O., Waiau, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 26/655 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Bushman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Edgar Ackers was the son of Oliver and Rebecca Jane Ackers, of Tuatapere, Southland.

    Edger Lewis Acker is also recorded as 'Edgar Lewis Ackers' and his parent's last names are recorded as 'Ackers' AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
    • Invercargill Cenotaph, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Marlborough War Memorial, 20 Seymour Street, Blenheim, 7201 AWMM
    • Rai Valley War Memorial, State Highway 6, Rai Valley AWMM
    • Marlborough Great War Memorial, WW1 AWMM

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12 April 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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