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JESSEP, Percival John Cooper
(Service number 2/892)

Aliases
First Rank	Gunner	Last Rank	Gunner

Birth

Date	13 February 1894	Place of Birth	Te Moana, South Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date	20 October 1914	Age	20 years
Address at Enlistment	P.O. Box 69, Methven
Occupation	Stock agent
Previous Military Experience	8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs B. JESSEP (mother), Tinwald, Canterbury; H. E. JESSEP, National Mortgage, Ashburton
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 5⅞ inches. Weight 147 lbs. Chest measurement 30½-33v inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair light brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth fair. free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Field Artillery
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	2nd Reinforcements
Date	14 October 1914
Transport	Verdala or Willochra or Kinght of the Garter
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Artillery

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Balkan (Gallipoli)
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	24 February 1916	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	29 September 1981	Age	87 years
Place of Death	Napier
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Wharerangi Cemetery, Napier
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Percival John Cooper Jessep was the youngest son of Charles Jessep and his second wife, Bridget née Athy. Percy was educated at the Pleasant Point and Kakahu Bush schools.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 October 2016], NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5541 0060540) [18 October 2016]; Timaru Herald, 28 April 1893, 25 October 1913, 6 & 20 October 1914, Temuka Leader, 26 April 1894, 21 December 1907, Evening Post, 22 February 1916 (Papers Past) [16 & 17 October 2016]

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