STOCK, Ernest Percy
(Service number 33156)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 29/11/1889 | Place of Birth | Clinton |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 2 Hewling Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Railway clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | D. STOCK (brother), 614 Barbadoes Street, St Albans, Christchurch | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Reinforcements J Company | ||
| Date | 2 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Corinthic | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 2 August 1954 | Age | 64 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Woodlawn Gardens Crematorium, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Ernest Percy Stock was born on 29 November 1889 at Clinton, South Otago, the seventh son of David Collard and Augusta Elizabeth (née James) Stock. E. P Stock was one of four infantry non-commissioned officers who left Timaru on 23 August 1916 with the 20th Reinforcements draft to go into training for the Twenty-second Reinforcements. His brother, Albert Edward Stock, was called up. Ernest married Edith Amelia Faris in 1921.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 August 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [16 August 2020]; Woodlaw Gardens Crematorium plaque image (Find A Grave) [16 August 2020]; Timaru Herald, 23 August 1916 (Papers Past) [19 December 2015]
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