Charles Henry Bjermquist

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Charles Henry AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Bjermquist AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Charlie AWMM

Nama Hōia

• 6176 AWMM
• 7581 AWMM
• 28612 AWMM
• WWI 28612 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• Nellie Bjermquist (sister), Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Louie Bjermquist (wife), 7 Herald Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Pakanga

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

• 6176 AWMM
• 7581 AWMM
• 28612 AWMM
• WWI 28612 AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Queen's South Africa Medal (Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 clasps) AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Te urunga

• South Africa Unknown AWMM Compositor/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Factory manager/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

• South Africa 08 Feb 1902 AWMM
  Cornwall AWMM Vessel was Port Lyttelton AWMM Private AWMM 20th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW1 07 Dec 1916-18 Feb 1917 AWMM
  HMNZT 71 AWMM Vessel was Cornwall AWMM Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 6th Contingent AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

• South Africa Unknown AWMM
  New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 9th Contingent AWMM
• WW1 Lance Sergeant/Military AWMM
  Wellington Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Charles Bjermquist was the son of Henry Bjermquist; husband of Selina Louie Bjermquist, of 74, Russell Terrace, Wellington.

Rank last held was listed as Temporary Lance Sergeant AWMM

Matenga

4 Oct 1917 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20518662
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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