Robert Morrice Terris

Forenames

Robert Morrice AWMM

Surname

Terris AWMM

Also known as

Robert Morrice Terras AWMM

Service number

WWI 12510 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

24 Jun 1889 Kiwi Jocks Research
Isla Pl. Ferry Port-on-Craig, Fife AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Catherine Terras (mother), 108 Cox Street, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12510 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Engine driver/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 or HMNZT 53 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia or Navua AWMM Rifleman AWMM 6th Reinforcements 2nd Battalion, F Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Unknown AWMM Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion AWMM

Robert Terras was the son of the late William and Catherine Terras. Native of Tayport, Fife, Scotland.

Listed as Terras in the Nominal Rolls

Next of Kin: Mrs C. Ferris, Selwyn St, Christchurch (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

12 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM III. E. 13. AWMM

Obituary

Private Morris R. Terris, who was killed in action in France on September 12 at the age of 29 years, was the eldest son of Mrs W. Terris, Cox Street, Ashburton. He was born in Scotland, and came out to New Zealand with his parents 27 years ago. He was educated at the Hampstead School, and at the time of enlisting was engaged in the locomotive department of the New Zealand Railways at Gisborne. He is the second son of Mrs Terris who has paid the supreme sacrifice, Corporal William Terris having died of wounds received in action in France on August 15 last year.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 9 June 2023 - ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, VOLUME XXXIX, ISSUE 9406, 23 SEPTEMBER 1918, PAGE 4

Memorial name

• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7824959
  Further Reference

References

• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 18
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.