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PERKINS, John
(Service number 53520)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	14 February 1889	Place of Birth	Hereford, England

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Somes Island, Wellington
Occupation	Grocer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	W.W. Perkins (brother), Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand
Religion
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	27th Reinforcements F Company
Date	16 July 1917
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Liverpool, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 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

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	27 October 1918	Age
Place of Death	Queens Hospital, Sidcup, London, England
Cause	Died of disease [pneumonia]
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Breinton (St Michael) Churchyard, Herefordshire, England
Memorial Reference	On north boundary
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [6 Dec 2013]; Military Record - Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R20800560

External Links

Researched and Written by

John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG

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