Peter Maxwell Edgar

Forenames

Peter Maxwell AWMM

Surname

Edgar AWMM

Service number

• WWI 11/708 AWMM
• South African N/N AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

30 May 1868 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

William Edgar, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 11/708 AWMM
• South African N/N AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) (Military) AWMM
  London Gazette 03/06/1919 AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Twice AWMM
  London Gazette 28 December 1917, p13576 | London Gazette 11 July 1919, p8837 AWMM

Enlistment

South Africa Veterinary Surgeon Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Embarkation details

• South Africa 20 Mar 1900 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  Monowai Ministry for Culture and Heritage Vessel was Monowai AWMM Veterinary Surgeon Ministry for Culture and Heritage 4th Contingent, No. 9 Company Ministry for Culture and Heritage 4th Contingent New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM
• WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 6 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Orari or Arawa AWMM Major/Military AWMM Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Died in UK AWMM

Death

21 Mar 1930 AWMM

Cemetery

Foster Hill Road Cemetery, Bedford, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England AWMM I10-27 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20524503
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21000087
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-418106.html
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 209
• Major Thomas A. Blake photograph album. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira (PH-2014-69-1).