Charles George Edwards
Date of Birth
22 Oct 1894
Date of Death
18 Oct 1917
Place of Birth
Place of Death
Biography
Gunner Charles George Edwards (serial no. 2/1510).
Born on 22 October 1894 in Nelson, New Zealand, the son of Thomas and Alice Edwards, of Takaka, New Zealand.
On the Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph database his next of kin is listed as Mrs A.V. Moore (mother), Russell Street, Nelson, New Zealand.
Worked as a seaman before enlisting for service during World War One.
Embarked with the 5th Reinforcements Field Artillery on 13 June 1915 from Wellington, New Zealand for Suez, Egypt.
Served for over two years in Egypt, the Balkans including Gallipoli and Western Europe.
The last unit he served in was the New Zealand Field Artillery.
Died of wounds on 18 October 1917 in Belgium. He was twenty-one years old.
Buried in Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, Nord, France.
Born on 22 October 1894 in Nelson, New Zealand, the son of Thomas and Alice Edwards, of Takaka, New Zealand.
On the Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph database his next of kin is listed as Mrs A.V. Moore (mother), Russell Street, Nelson, New Zealand.
Worked as a seaman before enlisting for service during World War One.
Embarked with the 5th Reinforcements Field Artillery on 13 June 1915 from Wellington, New Zealand for Suez, Egypt.
Served for over two years in Egypt, the Balkans including Gallipoli and Western Europe.
The last unit he served in was the New Zealand Field Artillery.
Died of wounds on 18 October 1917 in Belgium. He was twenty-one years old.
Buried in Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, Nord, France.
