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GARLAND, Edward
(Service number 7/1321)

World War One servicemen, circa 1914-1919 — Five members of the 8th (SC) Mounted Rifles, pictured in a studio portrait. Pictured are (rom left to right)):
At back: Les Richards, Norman Joyce, J H Boyce;
Front: Ted Garland (Corporal), Harry Hawke. (Waimate Museum & Archives P6855)

Cpl Edward Garland — (Supplement, Auckland Weekly News, 22 February 1917, p44 )

St Augustine Church War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Plaque, St Augustine Church War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #04)

Aliases
First Rank	Corporal	Last Rank

Birth

Date	17/06/1895	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date	15 Aug 1914 - 31 Dec1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	Sea View, Waimate
Occupation	Farm Worker
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	A. Garland(Father) Sea View, Waimate
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egypt 1915-16, Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1916
Service Medals
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

Death

Date	24 December 1916	Age	21
Place of Death	Egypt
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Memorial Reference	F 108
New Zealand Memorials	St Augustine War Memorial, Waimate

Biographical Notes

Edward was the son of Alfred and Edith Mary Garland of Waimate.

A collection of images of Edward, plus postcards and letters contributed from the public can be found on the New Zealand War Graves Project site which has an entry for Edward Garland at https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/edward-garland [Accessed 2 September 2024]

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); Military personnel file via Archives New Zealand (January 2015); SCRoll web submission by M Smith, 31 August 2024; New Zeland War Graves Project at https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/edward-garland [Accessed 2 September 2024]

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Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

LW - updated by TR

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