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
Live

Hometown

Mangapapa
Work

Occupation

Slaughterman

Employer

Gisborne Shoopfarmers
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

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