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David McNaughton Edmiston

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David's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 03.10.1910
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 32647
  • Rank: Gunner
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
  • Unit/Ship: 23rd Mountain Battery
  • Place of Death: Peshawar Hospital, India
  • Age at Death: 28
  • Date of Death: 13.07.1920
  • Burial Country: India
  • Cemetery: Peshawar (Right) British Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: XXIX.44.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1892
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Labourer
  • Mother:

    Helen Headridge, 7 Howie Ave, Toronto, Canada

  • Father:

    James Edmiston, 7 Howie Ave, Toronto, Canada

  • Siblings:

    William, Jemima, Margaret, Barbara, John, James & Helen

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about David McNaughton Edmiston

For reasons unknown David is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

David died from heatstroke. He was the brother of Pte William Headridge Edmiston, 1081081, 20th Battalion Canadian Infantry, who died 06.08.1920, Gunner James Williamson Edmiston, 14404722, Royal Garrison Artillery and Sgt John Grant Edmiston, 1036186, 30th Company, Canadian Forestry Corps.

Information kindly supplied by Irene Phillips

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