Edward Chaytor
Sir Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor | |
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First World War
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Awards | (Serbia) |
Early life
Born in Motueka, New Zealand, Chaytor was the son of John Clervaux Chaytor and his wife Emma, daughter of Edward Fearon. His paternal great-grandfather was the industrialist and politician Sir William Chaytor, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Nelson College from 1880 to 1884,[2] and was then a sheep farmer at Spring Creek near Blenheim.
Military career
In the Boer War Chaytor was a captain in the Third New Zealand Contingent and a lieutenant colonel in the Eighth New Zealand Contingent. After the Boer War Chaytor became a professional officer in the New Zealand Army. In the First World War he was in the
In 1917, Chaytor took over the
Later life
Chaytor was appointed
He married Louisa Jane Collins, daughter of Charles Sweeney Collins, on 17 October 1898. Together they had three children. Son Edward John Clervaux Chaytor (1903–1976) was a Brigadier in the Royal Artillery; daughter Katherine, married Sir Robert Gooch, 11th Baronet.
See also
References
- Fiery Ted: Anzac Commander by Michael Smith (2008, Christchurch NZ) ISBN 978-0-473-13363-4
- ^ Biography in DNZB retrieved 6th Dec 2010
- ^ Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition
- ^ "No. 29945". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 February 1917. p. 1606.
- ^ "No. 32086". The London Gazette. 15 October 1920. p. 9986.
- ISBN 0473015676.)
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External links
- 1914 photograph of Staff and senior officers of New Zealand and Australian Division in Egypt
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.