John Pearce Ede

Forenames

John Pearce AWMM

Surname

Ede AWMM

Also known as

Robert White AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/2308 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1880 AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Ann Ede (mother), Irvine Street, Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 01 Apr 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/2308 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 01 Dec 1915 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 01 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 49 or HMNZT 50 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM 5th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Missing believed AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Unknown AWMM Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

John Ede was the son of John Ede and Ann (Annie) Ede, of Irvine St., Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand.

At attestation he falsified details including next of kin as Miss Mary McKenzie (friend), Kopurango, Masterton.

Enquiry finding - missing believed died of wounds

Served as White; declaration for correct name dated 31 August 1920. Listed at Archives New Zealand as WHITE, Robert - [a.k.a. EDE, John Pearce] - WW1 23/2308 - Army, and by CWGC as John Pearce Ede. Listed on the AWMM as White. AWMM

Death

7 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age  37 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM IV. B. 18. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Archives New Zealand.
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22018614
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20551447
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/482363/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/482363
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  27: 4
• New Zealand at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.
  New Zealand at the Front 1917 issue, page141
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.