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Charles Edmund Clews

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Edmund AWMM
  • Surname
    Clews AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Charles Edward Clews AWMM
  • Service number
    457 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 1876 AWMM Waihi, New Zealand AWMM
    • 30 December 1875 Noel Smith Research Project
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Waihi, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Sarah Smith (mother), Waihi, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 20 January 1900 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    457 AWMM
  • Military service
    No. 3 New Zealand Native Rifles, Auckland AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    South Africa Carpenter/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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, South Africa AWMM
    Wounded at Rhenoster Kop 29 November 1900 AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Father: Samuel Clews

    Mother: Sarah Smith

    Arrived in Auckland 5 July 1874 on the "James Wishart"

    1902: Married Fanny Jane Bradley (died 20 May 1914, Paeroa)

    1915: Married Sarah Ann Wood (died 5 July 1954, age 74)

    3 sons: Albert, Ronald, Edmund; 1 stepson: Harry Wood; 1 daughter : Merle

    Listed on the nominal roll as Charles Edward Clews.

    Auckland Museum Boer War "Defending New Zealand " Display. The item on exhibited is a Martini Henry Carbine which was brought back to New Zealand by C. Clews.

    Father was named Samuel Clews. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 9 June 1945 AWMM
      Age 69 AWMM
      Mount Eden, Auckland AWMM
    • 9 June 1945 Noel Smith Research Project
      Age 70 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hillsborough Cemetery, Hillsborough Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Area 8,Row 3 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    New Zealand Herald 11 June 1945 AWMM
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

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  • On this Anzac Day, 2017 paying tribute to my Great Grandfather, Sgt Charles Edmund Clews, veteran and casualty of the South African War 1899-1901. Never known but not forgotten.
    Public - Geoffrey - Direct descendant - 25 April 2017
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      New Zealand Herald 7 December 1900; 16 Jan 1901- account of engagement from letter to his mother. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Account of battle. (1901, January 16). New Zealand Herald. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      New Zealand Herald 11 June 1945 AWMM
    • This record was partially completed by information provided by Noel George Smith (2020-2021). AWMM

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