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Edward George Wilmot Parker

  • Service number
    • 4200 AWMM
    • 7th = # 4200 & 9th = # 8305 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 7th & 9th Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military & Newspaper Records
  • Last rank
  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
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South African War Memorial, on a wall near RSA entranceway, Gisborne. "Volunteers from Poverty Bay who served in the Sth African War 1899-1902". Image kindly provided by Paul Baker (December 2008). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Edward George Wilmot AWMM
  • Surname
    Parker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 4200 AWMM
    • 7th = # 4200 & 9th = # 8305 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 June 1881 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    5 June 1881 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Research
  • Place of birth
    Napier NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Research
  • Birth notes
    Son of Thomas & Eva Mabel Parker of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 December 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    c/- Masonic Hotel, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military & Research Records
  • Post war occupation
    Plumber Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Son of Thomas & Eva Mabel Parker Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military & Research Records
  • Relationship status
    • single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military & Research Records
    • Edward George Wilmot PARKER m. Ada Louisa ATTWATER in Australia & by 1953 Ada came to Gisborne NZ to live Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 December 2023 - Newspaper Report

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Transvaal & Orange Free State Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 7th & 9th Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military & Newspaper Records
  • Service number
    • 4200 AWMM
    • 7th = # 4200 & 9th = # 8305 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Military service
    • NZ Mounted Rifles Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military & Newspaper Records
    • 1901-1902 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military & Newspaper Records
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    1901-1902 Queen's S A War Medals Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Gisborne Rifles Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military Records
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Plumber Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    20yrs & 21yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Military Records

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
    • 19 Oct 1901 - Slightly wounded at Tondwano, South Africa Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Paperspast website
    • Gun shot wound to right arm at Pondwana Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1902, Page 5

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Died Durban AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    1947 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Archives NZ
  • Age at death
    66 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Archives NZ
  • Place of death
    Durban, South Africa Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 June 2015 - Archives NZ
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    War Memorial Theatre, 159 Bright Street, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
30 December 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
29 July 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
01 June 2015Lorraine M Gisborne, NZResearcher

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