Charles Henry Bjermquist

Forenames

Charles Henry AWMM

Surname

Bjermquist AWMM

Also known as

Charlie AWMM

Service number

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

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

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

War

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

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

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

Medals and Awards

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

Enlistment

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

Embarkation details

• 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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• 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

Death

4 Oct 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

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

References

• 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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