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Harry Thomas Carter Edwards

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 211 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 211 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Thomas Carter AWMM
  • Surname
    Edwards AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1105 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 August 1890 Noel Smith and Lyn Griffiths research
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Maggie Aitcheson (sister), Waikouaiti, Otago, 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
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • Occupation of Germany WW1 AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1105 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 Unknown AWMM Wellington, 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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Cirrhosis of the liver AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Harry Edwards was the son of William and Isabella Francis Edwards (nee Carter), of Dunedin, New Zealand. Served in Egypt, Balkan Peninsula, at Gallipoli, on the Western Front, 1916-17, and Army of Occupation in Germany, 1918-19. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    18 August 1919 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM G. 13. (S). AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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