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BUDD, Edward
(Service number 80043)

Aliases
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Birth

Date	05/04/1887	Place of Birth	Ashburton

Enlistment Information

Date	17 December 1917	Age
Address at Enlistment	Wilson Street, Timaru
Occupation	Drapers assistant
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs Violet BUDD (wife), 22 Cutten Street, St Kilda, Dunedin
Religion	Congregational
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Drapery manager

Death

Date	*May 1948	Age	61 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 130, Plot 362
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Edward Budd was the third son of Alfred and Elizabeth Cornthwaite (née Reid). He was educated at Timaru Main and Timaru South schoolsl. Edward married Violet Black on 28 March 1913 at Dunedin. He enlisted at Timaru, having been drawn in the ballot. His youngest brother Herbert George Budd was killed in action in 1915 at Gallipoli. His brother Alfred also enlisted.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [11 April 2019]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [11 April 2019]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [11 April 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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