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EDGELER, Charles Frederick
(Service number 48852)

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Birth

Date 19/06/1889 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 A. 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 25th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date 26 April 1917
Transport Turakina
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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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

Linesman

Death

Date 30 November 1938 Age 49 years
Place of Death Cambridge
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference
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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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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