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Edwin Hotspur Nops

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Portrait of Nops who is wearing the ribbon of the Medal No.2 Boer War, and the ribbon of the Royal Humane Society for saving life from drowning. Portrait from St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co. No known copyright restrictions

Portrait of Nops who is wearing the ribbon of the Medal No.2 Boer War, and the ribbon of the Royal H …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edwin Hotspur AWMM
  • Surname
    Nops AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    39 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Francis Nopps, Ramsgate, England AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    39 AWMM
  • Military service
    Belonged to the Inglewood Rifle Volunteers AWMM
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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Nopps returned to New Zealand on the S.S 'Aotea' on the 4 July 1900, being invalided owing to a attack of fever and sunstroke. He became Captain of the Inglewood Rifle Volunteers, and District Agent for the Australian Widows' Fund Life Assurance in Taranaki. (St Clair Inglis, p.17) AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
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  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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28 May 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher

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