DUFFIN, Edward Leslie
(Service number 6/2601)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 18/07/1894 | Place of Birth | County Antrim, Ireland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 14 August 1915 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | Belfield Street, Belfield | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. DUFFIN (mother), Belfield Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 6th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
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| Transport | Willochra | ||
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Gallipoli | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 5 July 1974 | Age | 75 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Wellington | ||
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Biographical Notes
Edward Leslie Duffin was the son of Edward and Margaret Jane Duffin. The family was at Ardihannon, Antrim, Ireland in 1901, and at Dundooan, Londonderry in 1911, when Edward was a scholar. They must have come to New Zealand soon after the 1911 census. Edward married Dorothy Agnes Emerson in 1920. His brother Malcolm also served in World War I.
An entry on the Northern Bank War Memorial/Roll of Honour website on Edward's brother Douglas Irvine Duffin at https://northernbankwarmemorials.blogspot.com/2020/05/duffin-douglas-irvine.html reveals a little more about the family - and the brother who also served in the Great War with the British Forces.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 March 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [17 March 2018]; Wellington Crematorium record (Wellington City Council) [18 March 2018]; 1901 & 1911 Ireland census records (ancestry.com.au) [18 March 2018]; SCRoll web submission by M Duffin, 29 July 2021; "Duffin, Douglas Irvine" on Northern Bank - War Memorials / Roll of Honour website at https://northernbankwarmemorials.blogspot.com/2020/05/duffin-douglas-irvine.html [accessed 4 August 2021]
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