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Edith Popplewell

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 588 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 588 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edith AWMM
  • Surname
    Popplewell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Scott AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 22/158 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 October 1883 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    13 October 1883 Public - Paul - Researcher - 22 June 2017 - NZSG Kiwi Index, Version 2, School Records. Note alternative dates have been proffered.
  • Place of birth
    • New Zealand Public - Paul - Researcher - 22 June 2017 - Family papers.
    • Otane (formerly Kaikora), Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Public - Paul - Researcher - 10 February 2020 - Medical History sheet of Military Service Records.
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Otaki Hospital, Otaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs C. Popplewell (mother), 505 Mair Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 10 July 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 22/158 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 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Nurse at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Public - Paul - Researcher - 22 June 2017 - Family papers.
  • Age on enlistment

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Survivor of the sinking of the Marquette Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Archway portal via Archives New Zealand website; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19536253
    • A family tree for Poppy's family is discoverable on www.ancestry.com.au Public - Paul - Researcher - 22 June 2017 - www.ancestry.com.au
    • Also see Anzac Girls by Peter Rees, published by Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, Australia, 2014. Previously published as The Other Anzacs in 2008. Public - Paul - Researcher - 22 June 2017 - Published works.
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20802097
    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. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 588 AWMM
    • Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • McNabb, S. (2015). 100 years New Zealand military nursing : New Zealand Army nursing service : Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, 1915-2015. Hawke's Bay, N.Z.: Sherayl McNabb. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
10 February 2020Paul New ZealandResearcher
18 October 2015SarndraAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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