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LANGE, Edward Arthur
(Service number 65009)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	04/02/1888	Place of Birth	Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Pareora, South Canterbury
Occupation	Tally clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single then married in 1917
Next of Kin	Mrs Ettie LANGE (wife), Pareora, South Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Freezing works employee

Death

Date	24 May 1945	Age	57 years
Place of Death	Pareora
Cause
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Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 131, Plot 339
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Edward Arthur Lange was the son of German born Charles and Wilhelmine Lange. He married Ettie Smallridge (né e Hanson) in 1917. Ettie was the widow of William Smallridge and she brought with her four children.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 July 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [17 July 2017]; Hall and Moore Funeral Directors records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG transcription) [16 July 2017]

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