Profile

EDGE, James
(Service number 72034)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	31/05/1896	Place of Birth	England

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Box 127, Fairlie
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	James EDGE (father), P.O. Box 127, Fairlie. Later 147 Wai-iti Road, Timaru
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	37th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade
Date	13 June 1918
Transport	Manuka
Embarked From		Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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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
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Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	22 February 1966	Age	70 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Memorial Reference	Soldiers Section, Plot 2 M/5
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Edge was the son ofJames and Ann Edge. He had been in New Zealand for five years when he enlisted. Trooper J. Edge returned to New Zealand from Egypt per the troopship “Ellenga”, embarking at Suez on 23 July 1919 and arriving in late August.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 April 2020]; Karori Cemetery headstone image & burial record (Wellington City Council) [07 April 2020]; Sun, 16 August 1919 (Papers Past) [04 April 2020]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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