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TEMPLE, Edwyn Grenville
(Service number 7/1146)

Aliases
First Rank	Corporal	Last Rank

Birth

Date	6 May 1873	Place of Birth	Harburton, Devon, England

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Wai-iti Road, Timaru
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	E. F. TEMPLE (father), Wai-iti Road, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	5th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	13 November 1941	Age	68 years
Place of Death	Spree Farm, Geraldine
Cause
Notices	Press, 14 November 1941
Memorial or Cemetery	Bromley Crematorium, Christchurch
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Edwyn Grenville Temple was born in 1873 in England, the son of Edwtn Frederick and Caroline Maria (née Budgen) Temple. His father was a captain in the Crimean War.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 January 2017]; Press, 14 November 1941 (Papers Past) [05 January 2017]

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