EDGELER, Charles Frederick
(Service number 48852)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 19/06/1889 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | John Street, Temuka | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs A. EDGELER (mother), John Street, Temuka | ||
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 | 25th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 26 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Turakina | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 30 November 1938 | Age | 49 years |
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| Place of Death | Cambridge | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Charles Frederick Edgeler was the second son of Alma and Mary Katherine (née Bryant) Edgeler. He was educated at Temuka School. In 1915 Charles married Mary Ellen Fitzgibbons. C. F. Edgeler embarked at Liverpool for the return to New Zealand per the “Tahiti”. draft no. 204, carrying 950 soldiers, reached Port Chalmers on 12 January 1919.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 June 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [06 June 2019]; School Admission records; Timaru Herald, 8 January 1919 (Papers Past) [05 June 2019]
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