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BERRY, Arthur Edwin
(Service number 32295)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #04)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	5 July 1893	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Sarah Ann BERRY (mother), Norton Reserve, Waimate
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	10th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	15 November 1916
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion

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

June 1917 reported wounded (casualty list No. 606)

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	21 June 1917	Age	26 yrs
Place of Death	Belgium
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Memorial Reference	III. D. 82.
New Zealand Memorials	Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate War Memorial; Timaru Herald, 29 June 1917 (Papers Past) [06 May 2014]

Biographical Notes

Son of James & Sarah Ann BERRY, of Norton Reserve, Waimate

Sources

Cenotaph Database [21 September 2013]; CWGC [21 September 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives New Zealand ref. AABK 18805 W5520 0014231) [24 September 2013]; Family Info - RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project [21 September 2013]

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