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Edgar Alfred Rash

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Gravestone, Featherston Cemetery (photo kindly provided by Adele Pentony Graham) - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edgar Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Rash AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Edward AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 86334 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 July 1898 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    20 July 1898 Public - Hayden Rex - Other relative - 4 October 2015 - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
    Original data: New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche.
  • Place of birth
    Wellington, New Zealand Public - Hayden Rex - Other relative - 4 October 2015 - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
    Original data: New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche.
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 28 Sydney Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs P. Rash (mother), 28 Sydney Street, Wellington, 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 86334 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Baker/Civilian 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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Influenza AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Private Edgar Alfred rash wa the son of William Presley Rash and Priscilla Rash, of 29, Sydney St., Hopper St., Wellington.

    Prior to enlistment Private Rash was employed by the NZ Government as a Baker.

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    14 November 1918 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Featherston, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Featherston Cemetery, Western Lake Road, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM Grave 635 AWMM
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 October 2015Hayden RexAuckland, New ZealandOther relative

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