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Edward Gilbert Rountree

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Newspaper Image from the Free Lance of 13th October 1913

Private Edward. G Rountree 10/2146

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Gilbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Rountree AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI E/51 AWMM
    • WWI 4/51A AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Baptist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 May 1880 AWMM AWMM
    Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 22 September 1914 AWMM King Edwards Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Pre 21 November 1919 AWMM Bristol Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • H. Rountree (brother), Southall, Middlesex, England AWMM
    • Mrs Julia Rountree (mother), King Edwards Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 12 December 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI E/51 AWMM
    • WWI 4/51A AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 6.5 inches AWMM
    • Dental, Unknown Period AWMM
      Upper denture AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      September 1915 enteritis AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Invalided to England, enteric AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Julia Rountree and Stephen Gilbert Rountree.

    Embarked for New Zealand aboard the Remuera 12 September 1919.

    Attested again in 1919 after his return to New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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