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SHERRATT, Zante Osborne
(Service number 67817)

Aliases
First Rank Lance Corporal Last Rank

Birth

Date 23/05/1897 Place of Birth Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Talbot Street, Timaru
Occupation Machinist
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin William Amos SHERRATT (father), Talbot Street, Geraldine, South Canterbury
Religion Church of England
Medical Information

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 38th Reinforcements, Specialists Company
Date 5 June 1918
Transport Remuera
Embarked From Destination Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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

Timber merchant

Death

Date 21 May 1975 Age 77 years
Place of Death Geraldine
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row 442, Plot 141
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Zante Osborne Sherrat was born on 23 May 1897 at Geraldine, the elder son of William Amos and Ellen Maria (née Stonehouse) Sherratt. He was educated at the Geraldine District High School, transferring in 1912 to the Temuka District High School, after his success in the Standard VI Competency examination. Young Zante was awarded a prize at The Geraldine Primitive Methodist Church Sunday School in March 1904. He and his sister Myrtle both were awarded prizes in 1910. In 1905 he received a school prize and gain in 1906.

On enlistment, Zante Sherratt was of Church of England affiliation, and a machinist living at home. He named his father as next-of-kin – William Amos Sherratt, Talbot Street, Geraldine, South Canterbury. Lance Corporal Z. O. Sherratt embarked with the Specialists Company of the 38th Reinforcements, leaving for Liverpool, England, by the “Remuera” on 5 June 1918. One of 968 men in Returning Draft No. 273, Z. O. Sherratt, of Geraldine, returned to New Zealand by the “Somerset” which was due at Lyttelton on or about 12 August 1919.

He married Ivy Margaret Scott in May 1923 at the Geraldine Parish Church, Zante’s sister being a bridesmaid and his brother Roy the best man. Their “tiny daughter”, Joy was to present a horseshoe at a wedding the Geraldine Methodist Church in March 1925. Sgt Z. Sherratt was one of those present at the first social function held by the newly-formed Geraldine Ex-Servicemen’s Association in September 1927. The association was primarily formed to keep alive Anzac Day. They would probably meet only once a year. Toasts were honoured, a roll call taken, and entertainment provided.

Zante Osborne Sherratt died on 21 May 1975 at Geraldine, two days before his 78th birthday. He was buried in the Geraldine Cemetery. Ivy died in November 1975, three weeks after her 78th birthday, and was buried at Woodbury Cemetery. Ivy’s brother, Aubrey William Scott, served in World War One, and her cousin, William Scott.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 August 2021]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [12 August 2021]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [12 August 2021]; Temuka Leader, 26 March 1904, 16 December 1905, 22 March 1910, 25 January 1912, 10 September 1927, Timaru Herald, 15 December 1906, Otago Daily Times, 6 August 1919, Press, 19 May 1923 (Papers Past) [08 August 2021; 21 January 2022; 02 June 2022]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru Distrct Council) [12 August 2021]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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