DORWARD, Edmond William Thomas
(Service number 32639)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
|---|
Birth
| Date | 09/07/1895 | Place of Birth | Rangitata, Geraldine |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | Lovells Flat | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs P. DORWARD (mother), Lovells Flat, Otago | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 19th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company | ||
| Date | 15 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | Otago Infantry Regiment | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | |||
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 |
Death
| Date | 3 December 1917 | Age | 22 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | Belgium, France | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Edmond William Thomas Dorward was the eldest son of Thomas Edmond Wilson and Phillipa Mary (née Emmett) Dorward. He was baptised at Geraldine Presbyterian Church. Edmond, possibly known as William, started his education at Rangitata Station School. His father died in 1914 and left a widow and several children. His brother George Frederick James Dorward was called up and appealed in ealry 1918, saying that he was the main support of his widowed mother and her six children, and that his only brother of military age was away on active service. In fact Williamd had died by thie time, after initially being posted as missing.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial museum Cenotaph Database [June 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [June 2019]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [30 June 2019]
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
Currently Assigned to
Not assigned.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.