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Edward Reginald Francis Scarfe

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Portrait of Second Lieutenant Edward Reginald Francis Scarfe, Archives New Zealand, R24184654. Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Second Lieutenant Edward Reginald Francis Scarfe, Archives New Zealand, R24184654. Image …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Reginald Francis AWMM
  • Surname
    Scarfe AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • 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
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 March 1894 Cenotaph Data Entry Form Masterton, Wairarapa Cenotaph Data Entry Form
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of Edward Albert & Annie SCARFE Public - 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
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 E.A. Scarfe (father), 170 Gray Street, Beach End, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 December 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 21 October 1914 Cenotaph Data Entry Form
    Age 20 AWMM
    Shipping clerk/Civilian AWMM
    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
      6 Feet AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWI AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • 16 September 1916 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
      Gunshot wound to left hand AWMM
    • 16 September 1916 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
      Bayonet wound to left leg AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    Sep 1965 Cenotaph Data Entry Form
    Age 71 AWMM
  • Date of death
    27 August 1965 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 November 2023 - Auckland Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Auckland Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 November 2023 - Auckland Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Waikumete Cemetery Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 November 2023 - Auckland Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    • He was cremated - no burial record Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 November 2023 - Auckland Cemetery Records
    • His Ashes were scattered Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 February 2024 - Auckland Cemetery Records
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • E A Scarfe has received the following letter from Hon J Allen Minister of Defence, I have now much pleasure in advising you that a cable has been received intimating that your son 10/1331 Cpl 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 & devotion to duty. Cpl E R Scarfe. DCM, is a well-known Gisborne young man, being 22 yrs of age. He left with the 2nd Refts & participated in the landing at Gallipoli -he spent 11 weeks on the Peninsula, & was then invalided to Egypt, where he spent about 6 months. He declined an appointment the base office, & subsequently went to France Here he was attached to the machine-gun section & was wounded in the hand & when he last wrote home he was In the Hornchurch ho
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 September 2023
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      P. 645 AWMM
    • McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald. AWMM
      P.232 AWMM
    • London Gazette AWMM
      11 December 1916, p.12115 AWMM
    • Armoury Cenotaph File AWMM
      Cenotaph Data Entry Form, 2014 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. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • 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 data set were verified as serving in Le Quesnoy. AWMM
    • 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. AWMM

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02 February 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
06 March 2019AllanRotoruaResearcher

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