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ULRICH, Gerhardt Adolphus Chapman
(Service number 4/138A)

Aliases	Gerard Adolphus Chapman
First Rank	Corporal	Last Rank	Corporal

Birth

Date	*May 1878	Place of Birth	Dunedin

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Mining Engineer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Catherine S. ULRICH (mother), 634 Cumberland Street, Dunedin
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	(1) British Section; (2) New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship
Date	(1) 9 June 1917; (2) 8 February 1918
Transport	(1) Willochra; (2) Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	(1) Devonport, Devon, England; (2) Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Engineers

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	17 June 1956	Age	77 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 18 June 1956
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 111, Plot 4
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Gerhardt Adolphus Chapman Ulrich was the son of George Henry Frederick and Catherine Sarah (née Spence) Ulrich.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [06 September 2016]

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