Pte. Edward James Dryden

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Pte. Edward James Dryden

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Woodend, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia
Death: May 07, 1917 (31)
Battle of Messines, Messines, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium (World War I: Killed in Action.)
Place of Burial: [II. E. 13.], Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Hainaut, Belgium
Immediate Family:

Son of Edward Dryden and Mary Ellen Dryden
Brother of Young George Dryden; May Irene Nellie Young; Iris Myrtle Ina Vivienne Browne; Reginal Leslie "Eric Walton" Dryden; Roy Lindsay Hamilton Dryden and 3 others

Occupation: Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion.
Find A Grave ID: 12731401
Service No: WWI 14957
Managed by: Jason Scott Wills
Last Updated:

About Pte. Edward James Dryden

Native of Newham, Victoria, Australia, Edward James Dryden was the son of Edward and Mary Ellen Dryden, of 3 Lincoln Rd., Spreydon, Christchurch, New Zealand. He worked as a farm hand. Killed in action during the Battle of Messines.

Sources

  1. Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
  2. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohD.html / Ref 8.4.2021
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Pte. Edward James Dryden's Timeline

1885
August 4, 1885
Woodend, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia
1917
May 7, 1917
Age 31
Battle of Messines, Messines, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
May 7, 1917
Age 31
Saint Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery, [II. E. 13.], Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Hainaut, Belgium