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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Edwin William Slater |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Edwin William |
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| Surname: |
Slater |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
8/1838 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
H. Slater (brother), Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Union Street, Milton, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Otago |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
4th Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Otago Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
17 April 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
668 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Otago Infantry Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Malta to Gallipoli |
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| Date of Death: |
2 September 1915 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of wounds |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta |
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| Grave Reference: |
B. VII. 2. |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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