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PINNELL, Edwin Isaac
(Service number 85707)

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Birth

Date	5 February 1897	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Mill Road, Waimate
Occupation	Carter
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mr Elisha PINNELL (father), Mill Road, Waimate
Religion	Salvation Army
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Death

Date	30 March 1980	Age	83 years
Place of Death	New Zealand
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Memorial or Cemetery	Waimate Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Free Ground, Plot 497
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Edwin Isaac Pinnell was the son of Elisha and Amelia (née Maberly) Pinnell. Edwin was called up in 1917. He married Laura Milfred Joyce in 1918. Edwin died in 1980, predeceased by his wife by more than 30 years. Theye are buried in Free Ground in the Old Waimate Cemetery. His brother David Brooks also enlisted, neither of them going abroad.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [27 Match 2019]; Waimate Old Cemetery burial record.

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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