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ELLERY, Vernon Albert
(Service number 74383)

A family headstone in Geraldine Cemetery — The headstone pays tribute to the two Ellery brothers, Vernon and Silas - one who did not come home from the war, and another who died soon after. (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	26/09/1897	Place of Birth	Geraldine, New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date	3 April 1918	Age	20
Address at Enlistment	Belfield, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Occupation	Farm Hand
Previous Military Experience	8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs. B Ellery (Mother), Belfield, via Orari, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Religion
Medical Information	Fit for service

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	39th Reinforcements, E Company
Date	13 June 1918
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Liverpool, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	British War Medal (issued prior to death)
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	15 September 1921	Age	24
Place of Death	Geraldine, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Cause	Meningitis
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Geraldine Cemetery, New Zealand
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Silas and Beatrice Ellery of Belfield, Timaru, New Zealand.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database [9/9/2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. 3948 874737 6050 45153) [11/11/2013];

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Researched and Written by

Patrina Buchanan

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