AULD, David Edgar
(Service number 7/1587)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 20/06/1895 | Place of Birth | Dunedin |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o KERR, Cave, Canterbury | ||
| Occupation | Farm labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | David AULD (father), 707 King Street, Dunedin | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 7th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 9 October 1915 | ||
| Transport | Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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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 | 9 June 1970 | Age | 74 years |
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| Place of Death | Manurewa | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Papakura Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
David Edgar auld was the oldest son of David and Mary (née Muirhead) Auld. He married Judith Frances Hughes in 1924 at Gisborne.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [07 May 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 May 2019]
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