GARLAND, Edward
(Service number 7/1321)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank |
|---|
Birth
| Date | 17/06/1895 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 Aug 1914 - 31 Dec1915 | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | Sea View, Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Farm Worker | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | A. Garland(Father) Sea View, Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 6th Reinforcements | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 14 August 1915 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | |||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt 1915-16, Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1916 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | |||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
| Date of Capture | |
|---|---|
| Where Captured and by Whom | |
| Actions Prior to Capture | |
| PoW Serial Number | |
| PoW Camps | |
| Days Interned | |
| Liberation Date |
Death
| Date | 24 December 1916 | Age | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | Egypt | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | St Augustine War Memorial, Waimate | ||
Biographical Notes
Edward was the son of Alfred and Edith Mary Garland of Waimate.
A collection of images of Edward, plus postcards and letters contributed from the public can be found on the New Zealand War Graves Project site which has an entry for Edward Garland at https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/edward-garland [Accessed 2 September 2024]
Sources
Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); Military personnel file via Archives New Zealand (January 2015); SCRoll web submission by M Smith, 31 August 2024; New Zeland War Graves Project at https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/edward-garland [Accessed 2 September 2024]
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
Currently Assigned to
LW - updated by TR
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.
Tell us more
Do you have information that could be added to this story? Or related images that you are happy to share? Submit them here!