Cpl
Melville Sim Edwards
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 12/01/1890 |
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Place of birth: Moree, New South Wales, Australia |
Army information
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Country: New Zealand |
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Force: New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Corporal |
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Service number: 38140 |
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Units: — New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 20/11/1917 |
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Age: 27 |
Cemetery
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Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot: XI Row: B Grave: 16 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of birth |
More information 5
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/480206 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=b5ef48d1-4055-44e6-b91d-89606020a31c |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7174069 |
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The NZEF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://nzef.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=74657 |
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Online Cenotaph (Auckland Museum) https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/c4417 |