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Eric Edward Marchant

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Portrait of Eric Marchant, circa 1918, Wellington, by Berry & Co. Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (B.044285)

Portrait of Eric Marchant, circa 1918, by Berry & Co.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Marchant AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI N/N AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 January 1898 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 February 1918 AWMM Greenbank, Sutherland Road, Melrose, Wellington, New ZealandGreenbank" AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single 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 1 February 1918 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Soldier/Military AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 3 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      97 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark grey AWMM
    • Remarks, Unknown Period AWMM
      Sound, but is underweight. He is fit for Samoa. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Henrietta Laura Marchant and Henry Edward Marchant.

    The family moved to Sydney in about 1906 - three of Eric's siblings were born there.

    Eric went to Te Aro School in 1905.

    Eric's paternal Grandparents: Nicholas Marchant was a civil engineer in Wellington and Margaret McGowan (nee Blundell). Margaret was the 2nd daughter of Henry Blundell, the founder of the Evening Post who came to New Zealand from Ireland in about 1861. Margaret's brother John was the grandfather of Sir Denis Blundell - first NZ born Governor General 1972-77. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    20 March 1957 AWMM
    Age 59 AWMM
    Nottingham, England AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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