Edward HEKE

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Service Number:	2574
Enlisted:	21 August 1916, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Auckland, New Zealand, 1890
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Waiter
Died:	Auckland, New Zealand, 29 April 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Auckland (Waikumete) Cemetery
Memorials:

21 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2574, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2574, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2574, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
12 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2574, 36th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right leg later amputated
18 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2574, 36th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Address at the time of enlistment was Rawson Hotel, Newcastle, NSW

Son of Richard Rihari Heke and Elizabeth Catherine O'Donnell formerly Heke nee Tomlinson of Grange Road, Mount Eagle, Auckland, NZ

Commenced return to Australia 16 March 1918 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on 1 May 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Roma Dulcie Heke nee Telfer. Edward and Roma married during 1925c in Auckland, NZ

In 1939 he was residing in Ridge Lane, North Plymouth, NZ