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Arthur James Gedge

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 257 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 257 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur James AWMM
  • Surname
    Gedge AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1493 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Baptist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 January 1888 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Care of R. Lincoln, Glasgow Street, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Eliza Gedge (mother), Airel Street, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 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 10/1493 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 6" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      132 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Egypt for Gallipoli, 16 June 1915; rejoined Bn, 22 June 1916.
    Wounded in action, 8 August 1915; admitted to 16th Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 22 August 1915; rejoined Bn at Gallipoli, 29 August 1915.
    Wounded in action (second occasion), 31 August 1915 (gun shot wound, back); admitted to NZ General Hospital, Abbassia, 7 September 1915.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Maheno', 29 November 1915; discharged (medically unfit on account of wounds recived in action), 18 May 1916.
    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
    Re-attested for Home Service, 9 September 1920; served as medical orderly with the New Zealand Medical Corps; discharged, 13 December 1921. AWMM
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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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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R16785340
    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: 257 AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM

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