Herbert Vivian Edmondson
Born 17 Aug 1888 - Died 28 Jun 1918
- Service number
- WWI 63124 AWMM
- Also known as
- Bertie Edmondson AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Inter War Private AWMM New Zealand Entrenching Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 17 Aug 1888 AWMM
- 17 Aug 1888 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 30 May 1917 AWMM Motupipi, Takaka, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs E.A. Edmondson (mother), Motupipi, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 21 Nov 1917 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 63124 AWMM
- Military service
- Takaka Mounted Rifles (2 years) AWMM
- Third Otago Regiment AWMM
- Second Entrenching Battalion AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 30 May 1917 AWMM
Age 28 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 21 Nov 1917-07 Jan 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 96 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 32nd Reinforcements, E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
- WW1
16 Apr 1918 AWMM - WW1 POW - Germany AWMM
16 Apr 1918 AWMM
- WW1
- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 feet 7 1/2 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
11 stone 7 pounds AWMM - Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
medium AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
blue AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
medium AWMM - Distinguishing marks, Unknown Period AWMM
scar on back of right knee AWMM - Dental, Unknown Period AWMM
Teeth required attention AWMM - Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Inflamation of the lungs as Prisoner of War. Died of sickness 28/6/1918 as POW. AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Inter War 25 Apr 1919 AWMM
Reported dead as Prisoner of War AWMM
Private AWMM
New Zealand Entrenching Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Herbert Edmondson's parents were Eliza Ann Edmondson (nee Sigley) and Thomas Edmondson. He was their sixth child.
He marched into Sling Camp with the Wellington Infantry Regiment on 9 January 1918, and joined the Otago Infantry Regiment the next day. He left Sling Camp for France with the Otago Infantry Regiment on 20 March 1918.
He marched into camp at Etaples, France with the New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot on 24 March 1918. He joined the New Zealand Entrenching Battalion on 30 March 1918 and was posted to Bois, France.
On or around 16 April was reported missing; on 19 May 1918, a Court of Inquiry found him to be "missing" "believed prisoner".
There is some uncertainty surrounding his death. He was believed to be a Prisoner of War in a German location. Two communications (28 April 1919 and 2 July 1919) state he died as a POW, cause, date, and place of death unknown. A Court of Inquiry declared him dead 8 May 1919, cause, date, and place unknown. However, it is also noted in his record that he died of "inflammation of [the] lungs" (pneumonia) as the Prisoner of War Hospital, Montignay, France on 28 June 1918. He is listed as "Died of disease, Germany x France, 28/6/18" in the Roll of Honour.
Died as a POW (POWs were virtually unknown in the First World War).
His mother was sent a British Commonwealth Memorial Plaque and Scroll. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 28 Jun 1918 AWMM
Age 29 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Marfaux British Cemetery, Marne, France AWMM I.I.2. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- War Memorial at TakakaPublic - Peter - Researcher - 21 October 2017 - on site
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21000199
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/309089/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/309089
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Information kindly provided by family
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
75: 16 - 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. 5: Includes portrait - New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Prisoners of War Taken by the Enemy during (the) Period August 1914 to November 1918 [Listed by Surname in Alphabetical Order], Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R26112295)
- Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
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