BERRYMAN, Stanley
(Service number 7/166)
| First Rank | (1) Corporal (2) Second Lieutenant | Last Rank | Lieutenant |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Kohatu | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Henry Giles Berryman (father), Kohatu, Nelson | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | (1) Main Body (2) NZEF | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | (1) Canterbury Mounted Rifles (2) 26th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 16/10/1914; 31/5/1917 | ||
| Transport | (1) Tahiti or Athenic (2) Moeraki | ||
| Embarked From | (1) Lyttelton (2) Wellington | Destination | (1) Suez, Egypt (2) Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 30 March 1918 | Age | 27 |
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| Place of Death | Palestine | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Ashburton War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Stanley Berryman was the son of Henry Giles Berryman and Mary Redman Berry man, of Stanley Downs, Kohatu, Nelson. Born at Waimate. Volunteered in August 1914. Twice wounded at Gallipoli; Moeraki then transhipped to "Port Lincoln" at Sydney for Suez
Sources
Cenotaph Sep 2013
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