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Edward Theodore Schmidt

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 52), Page: 13 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 52), Page: 13 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Theodore AWMM
  • Surname
    Schmidt AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 39450 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs C.R. Schmidt (mother), 53 Queen Street, Westport, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 39450 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Mechanic/Military 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Edward Schmidt was the son of John Gottfried Schmidt and Catherine Rose Schmidt, of 104 Russell St., Westport, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 December 1917 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM Spec. Mem. XII. AA. 4. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • He shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary him, nor the years condemn; at the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember him.
    Public - John Dingwall - Direct descendant - 9 October 2015
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  • Greater love hath no man than that he lay down is life for another. Thank you
    Public - Fiona - Other Relative - 21 April 2015
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 October 2018Rachel EWellingtonOther relative
09 October 2015John DingwallDunedin, New ZealandDirect descendant
21 April 2015FionaTe Anau, New ZealandOther Relative

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