EDMISTON, Ernest Archie
(Service number 8/3247)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Lance Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 30 Sept 1889 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 24 August 1915 | Age | 25 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Balclutha | ||
| Occupation | Bank Clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | R. Edmiston (father), Lansdowne, Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 8th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Otago Infantry Btn | ||
| Date | 13 November 1915 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt, France | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 16 August 1952 | Age | 63 |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Son of Robert and Agnes Edmiston nee Dykes. Did not go to Gallipoli, but was sent to France in 1916 where he was recieved a gun shot wound to the back. He was sent home on 18 March 1917. Ernest married Margaret Cecila Gardiner in 1919 (who died in 1919 age 23). He then married Freda Augusta Fisse in 1922.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); NZ Births, Deaths, and Marirages at https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/; Archives New Zealand
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