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Edwin Abraham

  • Service number
    WWI 41 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Pure Tea Aperahamo AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Coburg General Cemetery gates, 1908. Re-named Pine Ridge Cemetery, mid 1990s following amalgamations of local municipalities

Coburg (Pine Ridge) Cemetery, 1908

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edwin AWMM
  • Surname
    Abraham AWMM
  • Ingoa
    Aka Puri Tea Aperahama Public - Brian - Researcher - 28 May 2016 - http://fightingthekaiser.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/pokarekare-ana.html
  • Also known as
    Pure Tea Aperahamo AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 41 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

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  • Birth
    Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Taihope, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 28 October 1914 AWMM Mrs Te Ure-Manas McTaggart, Taihopi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Te Ure-Manas McTaggart, Taihopi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 28 October 1914 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 41 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • Aka Puri Tea Aperahama. A Maori born in New Zealand (and said to be of "high birth"), he enlisted at the Liverpool Camp in Sydney while studying at Hawkesbury College. After serving at Gallipoli and in France, he returned in December, 1917 suffering from tuberculosis and dementia. He was scheduled for discharge in NSW, but his condition had worsened on the voyage aboard HMAT Belltana to the extent that he was taken from the ship when it landed in Melbourne and was transferred to the Royal Park Mental Hospital.

    He was later moved to 5 AGH in St. Kilda Road, Melbourne where he died on 18 January, 1918.

    Compounding the tragedy and perhaps explaining his mental condition was the fact that both his mother and the sister named as next of kin had also died of tuberculosis while he was overseas. Public - Brian - Researcher - 28 May 2016 - http://fightingthekaiser.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/pokarekare-ana.html
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Death

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  • Death
    18 January 1918 AWMM
    Melbourne, Victoria AWMM
  • Date of death
    18 January 1918 Public - Brian - Researcher - 28 May 2016 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • Age at death
    21 Public - Brian - Researcher - 28 May 2016 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • Place of death
    5 Australian General Hospital, St. Kilda Road, Melbourne Public - Brian - Researcher - 28 May 2016 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • Cause of death
    Tuberculosis Public - Brian - Researcher - 28 May 2016 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Pine Ridge Memorial Park (C.E. F. 34), Coburg, Victoria AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Correctly at the time of WW1, Coburg General Cemetery, re-named mid-1990s Public - Brian - Researcher - 28 May 2016 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • Grave reference
    C.E. F. 34. (GRM/3*). Public - Brian - Researcher - 28 May 2016 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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28 May 2016BrianMelbourne, AustraliaResearcher

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