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Harry Grosvenor Brundell Edwards

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Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 81), Page: 19 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 81), Page: 19 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Grosvenor Brundell AWMM
  • Surname
    Edwards AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 50506 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 March 1889 Noel Smith and Lyn Griffiths research
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs I.E. Edwards (wife), 181 Leith Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 50506 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Wool clerk/Civilian 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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 November 1918 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Solesmes Communal Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM B. 11. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Remembering Harry Edwards 100 years on via my Grandfather's diary.

    The diary of William Albert Stimpson 10681, my grandfather, states for 4 November 1918 - "Moved lines forward. McFaden, Joe Ward & Boyen(?) Wounded at horse lines. Edwards died of wounds. At guns Fred Walls, Big Mac, Colin Hardy & Bill Nichol wounded. Irvine & Milliken went hospital with Flue. Lot of prisoners coming down. Teams coming in late. Up nearly all night."
    Public - David - Direct descendant - 7 November 2018
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Sources

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    • NZEF CASUALTIES — LE QUESNOY As noted in the Appendix of Dr Christopher Pugsley’s book: Le Quesnoy 1918: New Zealand’s Last Battle. This list was compiled by Richard Stowers and Herb Farrant, and added to by Christopher Pugsley. Please forward any additional names and details to the author through Oratia Media. The list covers period 1–7 November 1918 and those who died after from wounds received in this period. AWMM
      Military Service Record AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      81: 19 AWMM
    • This record was partially completed by information provided by Noel George Smith and Lyn Griffiths (2021). AWMM
    • Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia. AWMM

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07 November 2018DavidWellington New ZealandDirect descendant

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