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LINDSAY, Edwin James
(Service number 6/4086)

Aliases Enlisted as James LINDSAY
First Rank Private Last Rank

Birth

Date 18/09/1892 Place of Birth Otekura

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment C/o George Ruddenklau, Waikakahi, Glenavy
Occupation Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs Mary LINDSAY (mother), Otekura, Balclutha
Religion Presbyterian
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 10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date 4 March 1916
Transport Willochra
Embarked From Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 23 February 1968 Age 75 years
Place of Death Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Edwin James Lindsay, who enlisted as James Lindsay, 6/4086, was the fourth son of Joseph and Mary (née Wright) Lindsay, of Otekura, South Otago. Private J. Lindsay, Glenavy, was one of the recruits for the Tenth Reinforcements who left South Canterbury in mid November 1915 for Trentham Camp. Two brothers, Frederick Brydone Lindsay and Joseph Whyte Lindsay, also served in World War I. His next-of-kin at death was his youngest sister, Mrs A. Shields, Pukeuri (Evelyn Ness Lindsay).

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 August 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 August 2019]; Timaru Herald, 13 November 1915 (Papers Past) [12 August 2019]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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