WADE, Edward James
(Service number 32413)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 13/04/1894 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Teamster | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs HARNET (mother), Faitlie, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 10th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company | ||
| Date | 15 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Plymouth, England |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
Military Medal (M.C.) awarded shortly before February 1918, for bravery in the field.
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 31 July 1962 | Age | 69 yrs |
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| Place of Death | Nazareth House, Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Temuka Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Son of late James WADE & Winifred (nee GALLEN; later Mrs HARNETT), of Fairlie. Brother William died of wounds in 1917; brother Hugh Joseph (Joe) also served in WWI & was fighting on the Western Front at the same time as Willie & Edward. Edward was educated at Sacred Heart and Marist Brothers schools in Timaru and then at Fairlie School. Shortly before embarking for the Front and while on final leave, Edward had the honour of being best man at his uncle Michael Gallen's marriage to Mary Hanifin, in Fairlie on 16 October 1916. . One of a family with an exceptionally brilliant war record - Edward was awarded the Military Medal; his brother William, who was killed in action, was awarded the Military Medal and D.C.M.; a brother, Joseph WADE, had a leg amputated. Both Edward and Willaim were in France when their brother Joseph had both legs smashed with shell. Edward's mother received word of Williams's death and Edward's admission to hospital at much the same time. John WADE, the youngest son of Winifred and brother of Edward, Joe and Willie, and step-brother of John and William HARNETT, was called up when he had just turned 20 but was appealed for by his mother.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [26 August]; TDC headstone image, Temuka Cemetery [26 August 2013]; Timaru Herald, 28 October 1916, 13 July 1917, 8 September 1917, 10 December 1917, 16 February 1918 (Papers Past) [20 September 2013; 02 November 2013; 24 January 2014]
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