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Onslow Edney

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 210 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Onslow AWMM
  • Surname
    Edney AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 11/759 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 May 1888 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Huntly, Aberdeenshire Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Kimbolton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    J. Edney, Kimbolton, Feilding, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 December 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 11/759 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 Trooper AWMM
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  • 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 7" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      152 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Alexandria for Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.
    Admitted to 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Mudros, 23 July 1915; rejoined Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Gallipoli, 10 August 1915.
    Admitted to St Andrew's Hospital, Malta, 10 September 1915 (dysentery); transferred to England, 8 October 1915, and admitted to No 1 London General Hospital, Camberwell, 16 October 1915; attached to NZ Base, Hornchurch, 27 January 1916.
    Embarked for Egypt, 1 March 1916.
    Transferred to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 13 March 1916.
    Embarked Alexandria for France, 6 April 1916.
    Admitted to British Isolation Hospital, 1 August 1916, and transferred to No 7 General Hospital, St Omer, 2 August 1916 (mumps); discharged to Base, 14 August 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 16 August 1916.
    Wounded in action (gun shot wound, head), and admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 16 September 1916; transferred to No 45 Casualty Clearing Station, 17 September 1916; to No 26 General Hospital, Etaples, 18 September 1916; to England, 29 September 1916, and admitted same day to No 1 London General Hospital, Camberwell. Transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 1 December 1916. Detailed 'On Command', No 2 NZ General Hospital, 13 February 1917.
    Attached to NZ Medical Corps Reserve Depot, Sling Camp, 27 April 1917; joined No 4 NZ Field Ambulance, Sling Camp, 10 May 1917.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 29 May 1917.
    Attached to II Army Rest Camp, 7 September 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 18 September 1917.
    Appointed Lance Corporal, 14 October 1917.
    Attached to England on tour of duty, NZEF Headquarters, United Kingdom,12 November 1917. Attached to NZ Medical Corps Depot, Aldershot, 5 December 1917.
    Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 14 January 1918 (tonsillitis); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 23 February 1918; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 28 March 1918.
    Marched out to NZ Medical Corps Reserve Depot, Aldershot, 17 April 1918; transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 20 April 1918.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board SS 'Ulimaroa', 1 May 1918 (on duty furlough); discharged, 10 November 1919.
    Total war service: 5 years 17 days (of which 3 years 183 days were abroad) AWMM
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Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

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