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Edwin Battensby

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Photograph from Auckland Weekly News Honour Roll 1915. - No known copyright restrictions

Photograph from Auckland Weekly News Honour Roll 1915. - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edwin AWMM
  • Surname
    Battensby AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Battensey AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 12/502 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
    Unknown AWMM Mititai, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs L. Battensby (mother), Mititai, Northern Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 12/502 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded at Gallipoli AWMM
    • Other, WWI AWMM
      Nature of Injury: G.S.W. right arm Pension: 20/- Percent of disability: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Surname is recorded as Battensby in Nominal Rolls, as Battensey in Archives New Zealand

    Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): McKenzie Road, Mangere AWMM

Death

About death

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

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Edwin took a Gun shot wound to his right shoulder on the 8 May 1915 in Gallipoli. This left him with a weak arm for the rest of his life.
    Public - Sharyn - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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  • Edwin Battensby was one of 4 brothers of my late Grandmother, Louise m. Alfred Caterer. Their only daughter, Zelda Jean, m. Bryan Thomas Moughan and I am the first of their 4 daughters.
    Public - Pamela Ann - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22273454
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 41 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer). AWMM

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25 April 2015SharynNew ZealandOther Relative
25 April 2015Pamela AnnTokoroa NZOther Relative

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