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Roy Gordon Perry

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Headstone, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery (photo G.F. Fortune, 2007) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Headstone, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery (photo G.F. Fortune, 2007) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
  • Forenames
    Roy Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Perry AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 23/2258 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 January 1895 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    3 January 1895 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Tauranga, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of John Arthur & Minnie Kathleen PERRY Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M.K. Harris (mother), 43 Greenwood Street, Eden Terrace, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian E F & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Auckland Regt. 2nd Btn Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 23/2258 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1916 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    20yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military Record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Roy Parry was the son of Mrs. M. K. Harris, of Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM
    • Rifleman R. G. PERRY, who was recently reported killed in action, was a son of Mrs Harris, Auckland, and the late John Arthur PERRY (d. 1910 at Tokomaru Bay) of Tokomaru Bay. He was a member of the 11th Reinforcements.

      Roy Perry was employed as an Oil Engineer with the Auckland Launch Coy and living at 43 Greenwood St, Auckland prior to him enlisting in Dec 1915 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Research & Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14118, 9 October 1916, Page 6
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 September 1916 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    21yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Estimated from Birthdate
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM IV. H. 9. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Tokomaru Bay War Memorial Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
11 January 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
21 April 2015ToniAuckland, New ZealandOther

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