PERRY, Robert
(Service number 11936)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 23 July 1880 | Place of Birth | London |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 December 1915 | Age | 38 yrs 4 mths |
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| Address at Enlistment | Royal Hotel, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Farm labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | James EMSLIE (attorney), Solicitor, Timaru. Mrs A. I. PERRY (wife), "Maureen", Crutchfield (Churchfield) Avenue, Walton-on-Thames | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 12th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company | ||
| Date | 1 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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| Service Medals | British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 1 October 1937 | Age | 57 yrs |
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| Place of Death | Walton-on-Thames | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | St Mary's, Walton-on-Thames | ||
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Biographical Notes
Robert PERRY was born on 23 July 1880 in London, a son of Eli and Elizabeth Annie (nee BAILEY) PERRY.He was baptized at St Pancras on 3 October 1880. In 1881 and 1891 Robert was at home in Camden Town in St Pancras, London, where his father was a licensed victualler. He enlisted in the New Zealand Forces in 1915 and went on to give well over four years of service, the majority overseas (3 years 121 days). At the time of enlistment, he was residing at the Royal Hotel in Timaru and working as a farm labourer at Cave. He left Timaru for Trentham on 15 December 1915 with the Infantry. His medals were received in 1923. Robert did incur some punishments while in camp - on 12 January 1916 at Trentham, for drunkenness; on 18 August 1916 at Featherston, for being absent from duty without leave. and in August 1917 at Codford he forfeited 3 days pay. He had a tough time in August 1916 with hospital admissions and again in August 1917 when he suffered severe gunshot woudns to his face, hand and ankle. But it seems that he did get to meet his wife while he was hospitalized. Robert married Annie Isabella NEAL nee ROSS (widow and school teacher), on 19 April 1919 at St Mary's Church, Walton-on-Thames. At the time of marrying Robert was a Private in the N.Z.E.F. and resident at the No 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames. Annie had a daughter, Ethel Annie NEAL, born of her first marriage on 25 October 1910, at Prestatyn, North Wales. Robert was subsequently discharged in 1920 abroad (in England). He died in early October 1937 at Walton-on-Thames and is buried in St Mary's Churchyard there.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [27 October 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5550 0092191) [26 August 2014]; Timaru Herald, 9 December 1915, 29 August 1917 (Papers Past) [16 October 2013; 16 August 2014]; Baptism Register 1880, Marriage Register 1919 London, Burial Register 1937 London, 1881 & 1891 census Camden Town (ancestry.com.au) [26 August 2014]
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