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Edward Ivanhoe Woodhouse Lee

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Ivanhoe Woodhouse AWMM
  • Surname
    Lee AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 6/2184 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 December 1894 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    • 11 December 1894 Public - Paul - Researcher - 23 February 2015 - Military Personnel File.
    • Ivanhoes birth was registered in 1897 Public - Bridget - Other relative - 25 April 2016 - BDM - Victoria, Australia. Papers Past -ROLL OF HONOUR

      North Otago Times, Volume CII, Issue 13363, 9 September 1915, Page 7
  • Place of birth
    Sale, Victoria, Australia Public - Paul - Researcher - 23 February 2015 - Military Personnel File.
  • Birth notes
    • Age was overstated on enlistment papers. He was born in 1896 not 1894. Public - Paul - Researcher - 26 February 2015 - Australia Birth Index 1788-1922. Registration year 1897. Registration Place: Victoria. No. 6336.
    • Registered birth in 1897- Victoria, Australia - BDM.
      He was supposedly 18yrs when he enlisted and t Public - Bridget - Other relative - 25 April 2016 - BDM - Victoria, Australia. Papers Past -ROLL OF HONOUR

      North Otago Times, Volume CII, Issue 13363, 9 September 1915, Page 7
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Care of C. W. Lee, Dalgety and Co., Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • C.W. Lee (father), care of Dalgety and Co., Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM
    • Father was Chas (or Charles) Woodhouse LEE. Public - Paul - Researcher - 22 February 2015 - Military personnel file.
    • His father, my great-grandfather was Charles Woodhouse Lee. His mother was Leah Lottie Lee (nee Fisher) and she was Australian. They resided in Blue Duck Valley, Kaikoura until Charles' death. All h Public - Bridget - Other relative - 25 April 2016 - Family papers and BDM - NZ
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 June 1915 AWMM Single 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 6/2184 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 Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Joined Bank of New Zealand on 24 May 1913 and employed at Ashburton branch at time of enlistment. Public - Paul - Researcher - 22 February 2015 - Bank of New Zealand Archives.
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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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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  • Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woodhouse Lee, of St. Albans, Christchurch

    Text of the Memorial plaque, Bank of New Zealand Arcade, Wellington, New Zealand: 'In Memoriam: The names inscribed upon this tablet are those of officers of the Bank of New Zealand who laid down their lives in the Great War AD 1914-1919 waged against the nations of central Europe - Germany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria - who sought by force of arms to obtain world-wide dominion. In honour of their patriotism and valour. In admiration of their sacrifice. And in grateful perpetuation of their glorious and ennobling memory this monument is reverently dedicated. Their Name Liveth for Evermore.'

    Bank of New Zealand Staff Member. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    11 August 1915 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    18 Public - Paul - Researcher - 27 February 2015 - Researcher's papers.
  • Place of death
    New Zealand Ambulance station at Sazli Beit Dere, Gallipoli. Public - Paul - Researcher - 27 February 2015 - Military Personnel File.
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
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  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
    • Memorial plaque, Bank of New Zealand (Officers of the BNZ who laid down their lives in the Great War AD 1914-1919), BNZ Arcade, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Waitaki Boys High School Memorial Public - SHONA - Researcher - 30 August 2018 - WBHS Memorial

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  • In just a blink of an eye
    He goes from farmer to soldier.
    Alive one day,
    dead the next.
    How is this fair? It's hasn’t even been a month
    Already listed on the chart of the deceased.
    Friendships are torn as they all fall down like dominoes.
    Families hearts blasted into pieces,
    It is pure torture, just like cows getting sent to slaughter,
    Biscuits, bread, and bully beef.
    It's all you get to eat.
    This war is flickering my brain.
    Thinking about all the lives that have been lost.
    Losing your father, son, husband , relative , and best friend is a pain
    that you can't describe.
    But, this is life, you never know their next move.
    It can happen in just a blink of an eye
    love your great great niece lucia
    thinking of you in our hearts 💕
    Public - Lucia - Other relative - 26 April 2022
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  • Ivanhoe - you made the ultimate sacrifice by laying down your life on that fateful day in August 1915. Your contribution and determination at such a young age to preserve and protect the freedom for which we all enjoy today a hundred years later has not been forgotten. Your family have never forgotten about you and your name has been mentioned often over the years. RIP at your place in Chunuk Bair, Turkey. Kia Kaha x
    Public - Bridget - Other Relative - 10 February 2015
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26 April 2022Lucia Hawkes BayOther relative
18 August 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
30 August 2018SHONAOamaruResearcher
11 November 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher
25 April 2016Bridget Christchurch, New ZealandOther relative

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