Ernest John AWMM

Bedford AWMM

WWI 34011 AWMM

Male AWMM

• 1885 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 April 2023 - Military Record
• b. 17th June 1883 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 February 2024 - Military Record

Grimsby, England Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 April 2023 - Military Record

267 Aberdeen Road, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 April 2023 - Military Record

WW1 Mrs Gowland (friend), 267 Aberdeen Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Married in England but separated 8 yrs prior to enlisting Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 April 2023 - Military Record

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Army AWMM

WWI 34011 AWMM

British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

WW1 19 Jan 1917-27 Poutūterangi 1917 AWMM to Plymouth, Devon AWMM

HMNZT 75 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 21st Reinforcements, F Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

12 Whiringa ā-nuku 1917 AWMM
Ypres, Belgium AWMM

Killed in Action AWMM

Friends, especially those connected with the Gisborne Waterfront, will regret to hear of the death of Private E. J. Bedford at the front, on October 12th, 1917, in one of the big battles. He bravely gave up his life for his country and Empire. . Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 April 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLV, ISSUE 14586, 23 APRIL 1918, PAGE 7

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22274101
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847269/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847269
  Further Reference

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
  52: 20 AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM