INKSTER, Edwin Clifford
(Service number 52613)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 8 March 1896 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Featherston | ||
| Occupation | Bank clerk | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Robert INKSTER (father), Waimate, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Reinforcements G Company | ||
| Date | 12 June 1917 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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| Days Interned | |
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Death
| Date | 6 March 1974 | Age | 77 years |
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| Place of Death | |||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Hawkes Bay Crematorium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Edwin Clifford Inkster was the youngest son of Robert and Florence (née McCulloch) Inkster. His brother Robert James Inkster also enlisted. He appeas to have returned to New Zealand on the Maunganui in June 1919.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 March 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) 17 March 2018]; hawkes Bay Cremation records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [18 March 2018]; Timaru Herald, 16 June 1919 (Papers Past) [17 March 2018]
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