page_title: Septimus James Edgar Closey
section_title: Military career
hierarchical_section_title: Septimus James Edgar Closey / Biography / Military career
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Captain Septimus James Edgar Closey (1920), Great War medal recipient from New Zealand. Archives New Zealand Reference: AALZ 25044 3 / F1345 60 Part of a series of photographs obtained by the New Zealand National Museum provided by families of New Zealanders who had received a medal during the Great War.
context_page_description: Septimus James Edgar Closey MC VD was a New Zealand soldier, social crediter and politician.
context_section_description: He served overseas during World War I in the Waikato regiment of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. He became the youngest soldier to ever rise to the rank of Colonel. He won the Military Cross and was also awarded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration.
  Two of his brothers served in World War I; Frederick William and Robert Vincent Closey. He lectured extensively on the history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade.
caption: Captain S. J. E. Closey photograph (1920)
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