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Edward Percy Meek

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NZ Hospital Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. - No known copyright restrictions

NZ Hospital Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Percy AWMM
  • Surname
    Meek AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 11896 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 May 1883 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.P. Meek (wife), Rekorangi, Waikanae, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 May 1916 AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 2 children AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Egypt AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 10 January 1916 AWMM Dairyman/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Phthisis pulmonalis (Tuberculosis) AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • After weeks of training in Egypt Edward Meek boarded the Ivernia from Alexandria bound for Southhampton, England.

    Joined the 1 Battalion, Wellington Regiment in the Field on 30 September at Mametz Wood on the Somme. (Church, p.135)

    4 October 1918, whilst in the Crevecoeur area near the Scheldt Canal, Edward Meek was wounded accidently in his right leg. He was evacuated to England and transferred to No.1 NZGH, Brockenhurst on 20 December.

    "His injury was not the cause of his death, but the conditions under which he was living when he received it no doubt contributed to the development of phthisis pulmonalis (tuberculosis of the lung). " (Church, p.136)

    Edward Meek was the penultimate NZEF soldier to die at Brockenhurst. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    19 February 1919 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Brockenhurst, Hampshire AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 3, Grave 22 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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

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