EDWARDS, Claude James
(Service number 33037)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 23/08/1885 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Pleasant Point | ||
| Occupation | Painter | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. M. EDWARDS (wife), Pleasant Point, South Canterbury; No 9 Chapel Street, Timaru; No 31 Le Cren's Terrace, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 19th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company | ||
| Date | 15 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 13 June 1955 | Age | 69 years |
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| Place of Death | Motueka | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Motueka Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Claude James Edwards was the fourth son of Richard and Jessie (née Kitto) Edwards. He married Marion McAlister in 1908. His brother Richard Edwards enlisted for service in World War I. The Methodist Church of Timaru placed a handsome window in the Bank Street Church as a memorial for the war victims of the congregations. Apart from the names of the fallen appearing on the window, the names of all who served were inscribed in a book which was to be preserved in the Church. Included in the names was that of Claude Edwards.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 March 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 March 2020]; Motueka Cemetery burial record (Tasman District Council) [27 March 2020]; Timaru Herald, 5 July 1922 (Papers Past) [24 March 2020]
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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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