VINCENT, Edwin Frank
(Service number 6/566)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 25 April 1892 | Place of Birth | Wells, Somerset, England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Bochaert's Garage, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Motor engineer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Alice VINCENT, 56 High Street, Wells, Somerset, England | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infabtry Battalion | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Athenic | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 30 November 1952 | Age | 60 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated, ashes interred Waikumete Cemeterry, Auckland | ||
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Biographical Notes
Edwin Frank Vincent was the son of Henry and Alice (née Brine) Vincent. He wa sbaptised on 26 May 1829 at St Cuthbert's, Wells, Somerset, England. He was home in Wells with the family in 1910; in 1911 he was a labourer, boarding with his brother-in-law in Wales. He was serving with the 2nd South Canterbury Regiment, with which he went to camp. Edwin married Florence Annie Sarah Lett in 1917. Edwin and Florence had a son Stanley Edwin Vincent born in 1918. They divorced in 19124 in Christchurch. In 1930 Edwin married Ida Mary Moore.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 April 2019]; St Cuthberts, Wells, Somerset, baptism record (ancestry.com.au) [22 April 2019]; 1901 & 1911 UK census returns (ancestry.com.au) [22 April 2019]; Waikumete Cemetery record (Auckland City Council) [21 April 2019]; Sun, 5 September 1914 (Papers Past) [16 April 2019]
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