JESSEP, Lilian
(Service number 22/372)
| First Rank | Staff Nurse | Last Rank |
|---|
Birth
| Date | 4 October 1881 | Place of Birth | Ngapara, North Otago |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | Featherston | ||
| Occupation | Nurse | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Charles JESSEP, Short Street, Ashburton | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | HMHS Marama | ||
| Date | 10 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Marama | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Hospital Ship. No. 2, 2nd Voyage from NZ; Hospital Ship. No. 2, 3rd Voyage from NZ | |
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | |||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | On Staff H.S. Marama, 1916-1917 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
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 |
Death
| Date | 6 January 1944 | Age | 62 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | Wellington | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Karori Cemetery, Wellington | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Lily Ann Jessep, or Lilian, was the second daughter of Charles Jessep and his second wife, Bridget née Athy. Lily attended Ngapara and Oamaru North schools, before transferring to Woodbury when the family moved north. Lilyy emarried ... KAY in England.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 October 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5541 0060538) [18 October 2016], NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5948 0359551) [18 October 2016]; Timaru Herald, 28 April 1893, 25 October 1913, Temuka Leader, 26 April 1894, Evening Post, 5 January 1912, Sun, 1 October 1915, 16 April 1919, Auckland Star, 30 August 1916, Dominion, 14 November 1917, 4 February 1919, 24 April 1919, Press, 24 January 1919, 28 April 1919 (Papers Past) [16, 17 & 18 October 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [17 October 2016]
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Currently Assigned to
TS
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.
Tell us more
Do you have information that could be added to this story? Or related images that you are happy to share? Submit them here!