Edward Reginald Francis Scarfe
Born 17 Mar 1894 - Died Sep 1965
- Service number
- WWI 10/1331 AWMM
- WWII 2/7515 AWMM
- WWII H1535 AWMM
- Also known as
- Edward Roy Scarfe AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW2 Lieutenant/Military Cenotaph Data Entry Form
- War
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Edward Reginald Francis AWMM
- Surname
- Scarfe AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Edward Roy Scarfe AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 10/1331 AWMM
- WWII 2/7515 AWMM
- WWII H1535 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 17 Mar 1894 Cenotaph Data Entry Form
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of Edward Albert & Annie SCARFEPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 November 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Pre Dec 1914 AWMM Grey Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 E.A. Scarfe (father), 170 Gray Street, Beach End, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Dec 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- 1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 10/1331 AWMM
- WWII 2/7515 AWMM
- WWII H1535 AWMM
- Military service
- New Zealand Territorial Force AWMM
9th (Hawkes Bay) Regiment AWMM - Wellington Infantry Battalion, 9th (Hawkes Bay) Company AWMM
- New Zealand Territorial Force AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
1916 AWMM
Lance-Corporal, 1st Batt., Wellington Regiment. For conspicuous gallantry in action. He fought his machine gun with great courage and determination, materially assisting in recapturing a trench. Later, although wounded, he continued to fight his gun. London Gazette 11/12/1916 AWMM - 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand Territorial Service Medal AWMM
- Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 21 Oct 1914 Cenotaph Data Entry Form
Age 20 AWMM
Shipping clerk/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 13 or HMNZT 14 or HMNZT 15 AWMM Vessel was Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter AWMM Private AWMM 9th (Hawkes Bay) Company AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, WWI AWMM
6 Feet AWMM - Eye colour, WWI AWMM
Blue AWMM - 16 Sept 1916 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
Gunshot wound to left hand AWMM - 16 Sept 1916 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
Bayonet wound to left leg AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW2 Lieutenant/Military Cenotaph Data Entry Form
- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Biographical information
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About death
- Death
- Sep 1965 Cenotaph Data Entry Form
Age 71 AWMM - Date of death
- 27 August 1965Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 November 2023 - Auckland Cemetery Records
- Age at death
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- Place of death
- AucklandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 November 2023 - Auckland Cemetery Records
- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- Waikumete CemeteryPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 November 2023 - Auckland Cemetery Records
- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Mr. E. A. SCARFE has received the following letter from the Hon. J ALLEN, Minister of Defence: "Ihave now much pleasure in advising you that a cable has been received intimating that your son, 10/1331 Corporal E R F SCARFE, with others, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Particulars of the act of gallantry for which this decoration was awarded will come to hand later. You will, I am sure, feel justly proud of your son's achievement and devotion to duty." Corporal E. R. SCARFE D.C.M. is well a known Gisborne young man, being 22yrs of age. He left wioth the 2nd Reinforcements & participated in the landing at Gallipoli. He spent 11 weeks on the Peninsula and was then invalided to Egypt, where he spent about 6 months. He declined an appointment in the base office, & subsequently went to France. Here he was attached to a machine gun section & was wounded in the hand & when he last wrote home he was in the Hornchurch hospital.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 November 2024 - Poverty Bay Herald January 1917 ROLL OF HONOUR
- His Ashes were scatteredPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 February 2024 - Auckland Cemetery Records
- He was cremated - no burial recordPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 November 2023 - Auckland Cemetery Records
- Mr. E. A. SCARFE has received the following letter from the Hon. J ALLEN, Minister of Defence: "Ihave now much pleasure in advising you that a cable has been received intimating that your son, 10/1331 Corporal E R F SCARFE, with others, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Particulars of the act of gallantry for which this decoration was awarded will come to hand later. You will, I am sure, feel justly proud of your son's achievement and devotion to duty." Corporal E. R. SCARFE D.C.M. is well a known Gisborne young man, being 22yrs of age. He left wioth the 2nd Reinforcements & participated in the landing at Gallipoli. He spent 11 weeks on the Peninsula and was then invalided to Egypt, where he spent about 6 months. He declined an appointment in the base office, & subsequently went to France. Here he was attached to a machine gun section & was wounded in the hand & when he last wrote home he was in the Hornchurch hospital.
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24201586
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24063199
Further Reference
- Military Personnel File
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
P. 645 - McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald.
P.232 - London Gazette
11 December 1916, p.12115 - Armoury Cenotaph File
Cenotaph Data Entry Form, 2014 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 2: Includes portrait - Information kindly provided by family
- The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research dataset were identified as potentially having served in or around the wider Le Quesnoy campaign. Their presence at Le Quesnoy has not been individually verified in every case.
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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