James Edwards

Forenames

James AWMM

Surname

Edwards AWMM

Service number

WWII 34527 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1901 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 Steele's Mill, Mamaku AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs. H.L. Edwards, Mamaku (wife) AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 34527 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.138 Locomotive driver/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.138

Embarkation details

WW2 Sapper 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.138 Headquarters, 15th (N.Z.) Forestry Company, N.Z. Engineers 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.138 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Engineers, Forestry Company AWMM

Death

10 Oct 1943 AWMM
Age  42 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Clayton (Live Oak) Cemetery, Clayton, California, USA AWMM Special Memorial Monument. Legion Plot. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2719620
Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.138
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Cody, J.F. (1961). New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.