Jack Sydney Ferris

Taitara

Private in SA War - Corporal in WWI

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Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Jack Sydney AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Ferris AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

• John Sydney Ferris
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• Hone Ferris
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Nama Hōia

• South African SA2472 AWMM
• WWI 16/876 AWMM
• SA Boer War - 2472; WWI - 16/876
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Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Porou, Ngā Iwi o Horouta, Horouta, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Pono

Church of England

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Whānautanga mai

21 Jul 1881 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

21 July 1881

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Wāhi Whānau

Waipiro Bay, East Coast, NZ

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Captain Charles William Ferris & Erena Tuhuna

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

• Unknown AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• SA Boer War - Station Hand, C/- MacDonald, Gisborne
  WWI - Tokomaru Bay
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Mahi whai muri i te pakanga

Farmer at Matahua, Tokomaru Bay

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Uri kiritahi

C.W. Ferris (brother), Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 1900 SA Boer War - Single
  Married 1901 Mero Waiti
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Pakanga

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• SA Boer War 1900-1902
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Kauhanga riri

SA War = Transvaal, Cape Colony, Rhodesia; WWI = Egypt & Western Europe

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Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• NZ Mounted Rifles & NZEF
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Nama Hōia

• South African SA2472 AWMM
• WWI 16/876 AWMM
• SA Boer War - 2472; WWI - 16/876
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Urunga ki te ope taua

• 1900-1902; 1915-1919
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• 5th Contingent, 13 Coy & 2nd Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Mētara me ngā Tohu

• WWI:
  1914-1915 Star
  British War Medal
  Victory Medal
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• 1900-1901 - SA Boer War Medals & Clasps
  1915 - 1919 - WWI war medals
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Whakangungu ope taua

pre WWI - 4 yrs in S A War

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Te urunga

• South Africa Labourer/Civilian Ministry for Culture and Heritage
• WW1 18 Sep 1915 AWMM
• S A Boer War - 28 March 1900 - at Wellington
  WWI - 30 June 1915
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

S A Boer War = 21 yr 3 mths (actually 19yrs); WWI = 34 yrs

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Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka

pre 1900 = Station Hand, c/- MacDonald, Gisborne

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Taipitopito ekenga waka

• South Africa Vessel was Waimate AWMM Private Ministry for Culture and Heritage 5th Contingent, 13th Company (Wellington, Nelson and West Coast, South Island sections) Ministry for Culture and Heritage New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 4th Contingent (Rough Riders) AWMM
• WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM B Company AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Jan 1916 - Dysentery; Mar 1916 - Strained Ankle

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Te tūnga whakamutunga

Corporal

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Father was named Charles William Ferris. AWMM

Matenga

10 Apr 1936 Public Source

Rā i mate ai

10 April 1936

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Pakeke i te matenga

55 yrs

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Wāhi Mate

Jerusalem, Ruatoria

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Tuhipoka mō te matenga

Buried in the Whakapaurangi Urupa, Ruatoria, East Coast

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Pānui Matenga

MR. JOHN SYDNEY PERRIS Advice has been received of the death, at Ruatoria, of Mr. John Sydney Ferris, aged 55 years, second son of 'the late Captain Charles William Ferris, a pioneer settler of Poverty Bay. Born in Sydney in the year 1881, the deceased came to New Zealand with his mother to join his father and brothers, who were then farming a large property at' Ormond. He received his education at the Gisborne School and at Wellington College. On leaving college he was placed on a large station on the East Coast to gain pastoral experience, where he worked until 1900, when he enlisted at the age of 19 with the 5th New Zealand Contingent for service in South Africa during the Boer War. On returning to New Zealand and receiving his discharge at the end of the war, he took up farming operations with his brother on a property on the East Coast, continuing in that capacity until ,1916, when he enlisted for service overseas with the New Zealand’ Expeditionary Force, during the Great War. He served with his unit in Egypt and France, and towards the end of the war he was transferred to' the permanent staff of the New Zealand Command Depot, Codford, England. On returning to New Zealand, he commenced farming his own freehold interests at Ruatoria, where he resided until the time of his death. Mr. Ferris was predeceased by his wife in the year 1912, and leaves a family of three, and one brother, Mr. Charles Ferris, of Wainui, to mourn his loss. The members of his immediate family are Messrs Charles William Ferris, of Ruatoria, farmer, and Cecil George Ferris, of Tikitiki, farmer, and Mrs. Sarah Jane Cooper, Gisborne.

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

War Memorial Theatre, 159 Bright Street, Gisborne AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military Personel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20520043
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  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
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20520043
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 228
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.