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Edwin Alexander Ure

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 196 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 196 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edwin Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Ure AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Frank Dowd AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 19/1796A AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Saint Kilda, Melbourne AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM 24 Sydney Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Miss May Robinson (stepsister), C/o R. Norman, Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 March 1915 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Samoa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 19/1796A 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 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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Accidentally killed when he fell from a balcony AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Edwin Ure was the son of James A. and Jane Ure (nee Kidd); husband of Helen E. Ure, of 39 Regent St., Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia.

    Enlisted as Frank Dowd and falsfied details at attestation

    Served as Frank Dowd and listed as D. Fowd on the Nominal Rolls, listed as Edwin Alexander Ure in Archives New Zealand and CWGC. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 August 1915 AWMM
    Age 55 AWMM
    Samoa, Pacific AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Magiagi Cemetery, Apia, Samoa AWMM Soldiers' Plot. Grave 12. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 196 AWMM
    • Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM

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