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Benjamin Gordon Edwards

  • Service number
    WWI 7/42 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Gordon Public - Sharron - Other relative - 6 March 2023 - Family, written and oral history. Gordon was born on 16 August 1887
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Benjamin Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Edwards AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Gordon Public - Sharron - Other relative - 6 March 2023 - Family, written and oral history. Gordon was born on 16 August 1887
  • Service number
    WWI 7/42 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
    WW1 Orari Bridge, Geraldine, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Benjamin Edwards (father), 90 McFadden's Road, Saint Albans, Christchurch, 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
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 7/42 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
    Canterbury, New Zealand 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 April 1968 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rotorua Cemetery, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty AWMM Plot 329, Block 6, RSA Section AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Thank you for your service and contribution grandad.
    Public - Wayne - Direct descendant - 25 April 2023
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  • Always been so proud of my Grandpa who with his horse Tony was in the Canterbury Mounted Rifles in WW1.
    Public - Shona - Direct descendant - 24 April 2023
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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 April 2023WayneJeeralang Junction, AustraliaDirect descendant
24 April 2023ShonaTAURANGADirect descendant
06 March 2023Sharron New PlymouthOther relative

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