EDWARDS, Norman Beverley
(Service number 70934)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 4 June 1886 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 10 September 1917 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | 12 Campbell Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Commercial traveller | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. A. EDWARDS (wife), Albury; 287 The Terrace, Wellington | ||
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 | 42nd Reinforcements, A Company | ||
| Date | 1 August 1918 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 8 February 1947 | Age | 60 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Norman Beverley Edwards was born on 4 June 1886 at Timaru, the son of Joseph and Eliza Ann Edwards. He was educated at Albany Street and George Street schools in Dunedin. He was living back in Timaru when he enlisted on 0 September 1917. He had married Margaret Ann MacDonald in 1916. His brother Charles Joseph Knigt, the recipient of theMilitaryMedal, died of wounds on 4 October 1917 in Belgium, and another brother, Harry Grosvenor Brundell Edwards, died of wounds on 4 November 1918.
Sources
Auckland War MemorialMuseum Cenotaph Database [23 may 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [23 May 2018]; School Admission record [23 May 2018]. Bromley Cemetery headstone transccription [23 May 2018]
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