Cpl
Melville Sim Edwards
Information about birth
Date of birth: 12/01/1890 |
Place of birth: Moree, New South Wales, Australia |
Army information
Country: New Zealand |
Force: New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Corporal |
Service number: 38140 |
Units: — New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 20/11/1917 |
Age: 27 |
Cemetery
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot: XI Row: B Grave: 16 |
Distinctions and medals 2
British War Medal Medal |
Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
#1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/480206/edwards,-melville-sim/ Sources used |
The Long, Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Sources used |