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Cenotaph record

Archibald William Edwards

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Archibald William AWMM
  • Surname
    Edwards AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 92962 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Wesleyan, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 December 1883 Cenotaph Data Entry Form London, England Cenotaph Data Entry Form
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Wakefield, Nelson AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1918 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    2 Children AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 27 July 1918 Cenotaph Data Entry Form
    Age 34 AWMM
    Orchadist/Civilian Cenotaph Data Entry Form
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5 Feet 9 Inches AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      142 lbs. AWMM
    • Complexion, WWI AWMM
      Fresh AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWI AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWI AWMM
      Dark Brown AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married Florence Helen Fairhall in Wakefield, Nelson on the 7th of January 1914 by Rev. Dart. Archibald had two children by time of attestation, Grace May born 1915 and Ernest Frank born 1917.

    Married in 1927 to Mabel Victoria Currie.

    In 1938 was living in Earscleugh, Otago working as an orchardist. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    28 April 1971 Cenotaph Data Entry Form
    Age 87 AWMM
  • 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

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Sources

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    Cenotaph data entry form AWMM

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