Alec George EDWARDS

Regimental number41517
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinSister, Mrs G M Bishop, Framlingham, Suffolk, England
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company (Unattached)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
The New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements left New Zealand on two ships, 'Ruapehu' on 14 March 1917, and 'Corinthic' on 2 April 1917. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which of these ships the members of G Company embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 2 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialEuston Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No 25), Colincamps, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late George Seaman Edwards and Mary Edwards, Monk Soham, Suffolk, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 29