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EDGELER, Walter Alma
(Service number 27249)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	20/11/1892	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	John Street, Temuka
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary EDGELER (mother), John Street, Temuka
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	17th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	25 September 1917
Transport	Devon
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	*October 1953	Age	60 years
Place of Death	Temuka
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 63, Plot 432
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

walter Alma Charles Frederick Edgeler was the third son of Alma and Mary Katherine (née Bryant) Edgeler. He was educated at Temuka School. W. A. Edgeler lost his left arm in the war. Walter married Emily Elizabeth Charlotte Povey in 1918 in England.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 June 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [06 June 2019]; School Admission records

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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