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AULD, David Edgar
(Service number 7/1587)

Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank

Birth

Date 20 June 1895 Place of Birth Dunedin

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment C/o KERR, Cave, Canterbury
Occupation Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin David AULD (father), 707 King Street, Dunedin
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 7th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date 9 October 1915
Transport Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Embarked From Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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

Farm manager

Death

Date 9 June 1970 Age 74 years
Place of Death Manurewa
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Papakura Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

David Edgar auld was the oldest son of David and Mary (née Muirhead) Auld. He married Judith Frances Hughes in 1924 at Gisborne.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [07 May 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 May 2019]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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