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Edward Heat Saunders

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Portrait of Major E H Saunders from the Auckland Weekly News, 27 May 1915. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19150527-46-11

Portrait of Major E H Saunders from the Auckland Weekly News, 27 May 1915. Auckland Libraries Herita …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Heat AWMM
  • Surname
    Saunders AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/88 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 June 1873 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Featherston, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Ina Saunders (wife), Featherston, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs I. Saunders (wife), Third New Zealand General Hospital, Codford, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 June 1918 AWMM Married AWMM
    Katherina (Ina) Thornton in Wellington 1889 AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/88 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 12 August 1914 AWMM
    Age 40 AWMM
    Salesman/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
    Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
    Recieved a gunshot wound to left knee at Gallipoli AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Ina (Katherina) nee Thornton married 1899. She was a VAD, Red Cross in WW1 and was awarded the MBE Public - sarah - Researcher - 29 April 2016 - Name of spouse Marriage, BDM; diminutive name of spouse, VAD and MBE Military file (Base records)

Death

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  • Death
    9 October 1948 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
    1948 Public - sarah - Researcher - 29 April 2016 - bdm, deaths
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

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  • Edward Heat Saunders died 1948 aged 76 years. Source New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages.
    Public - Robert - Researcher - 19 May 2015
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