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Edward George Torrie

1894-1951

Unit

7th Reinforcements

Rank

Corporal

Serial

11/1376

About

Born in New Zealand

9 August 1894
Parents

Mother

Sarah Torrie

Father

George Torrie
Residence

Hometown

Mangapapa
Work

Occupation

Slaughterman

Employer

Gisborne Shoopfarmers
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 57

21 August 1951

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5557 9/0115322, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.75, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 49.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Edward George Torrie (1894-1951)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/853

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