COXHEAD, Edward Frederick
(Service number 11624)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank | Sapper |
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Birth
| Date | 31/07/1892 | Place of Birth | Invercargill |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 250 Armagh Street, Christchurch | ||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Edward COXHEAD (father), care of Briscoe and Co. (Limited), Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 12th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry attalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 1 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Engineers | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 17 January 1922 | Age | 29 years |
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| Place of Death | |||
| Cause | Acute mania and heart failure due to shell shock. | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Edward Frederick Coxhead was the second child and eldest son of Edward and Barbara Hay (née Fletcher) Coxhead. In 1889 Edward and his elder sister Elsie entered Timaru South School. The family returned to Invercargill at the end of 1899 before coming back to Timaru in early 1902. E. F. Coxhead returned to New Zealand in early March 1918. Two brothers, Cyril and Norman, also served in World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 December 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [26 December 2017]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [26 December 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [26 December 2017]; New Zealand Herald, 7 October 1916, Sun, 4 March 1918 (Papers Past) [24 & 27 December 2017]
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