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Cenotaph record

Eric Dudley Edwards

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric Dudley AWMM
  • Surname
    Edwards AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ4213389 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married three times: Olwynne; Thelma and Laurel; father of Jocelyn, Pamela, Diana

    Aged 17 1/2 years at enlistment

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 2000 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    3 July 2010 AWMM
    Age 86 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • References
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • Burrowes, D.M. (Ed.). (2006). 489: an unofficial history of No. 489 Torpedo Bomber Squadron, RNZAF, 1941 to 1945. Nelson, N.Z.: D.M. Burrowes. AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Martyn, E. (1998-2008). Vol. 3 p. 609 ref 165 AWMM
    • Burrowes, D.M. (Ed.). (2006). 489: an unofficial history of No. 489 Torpedo Bomber Squadron, RNZAF, 1941 to 1945. Nelson, N.Z.: D.M. Burrowes. AWMM
      Burrowes, D.M. (Ed). (2006). p. 144, 166, 190, 253, 262 AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

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