condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Maurice William Verry

Lay a poppy

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Maurice William AWMM
  • Surname
    Verry AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZD3115 AWMM
    • WWII 3115 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Sister: Mrs. M.A. Shailer, 26 Ngata Street, Palmerston North AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Japan RNZN POW (R21346643)
      15 April 1942 AWMM
      Previously "missing" Singapore, Prisoner of War, Malaya, (Malay Camps) AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Sungei Geron (Sungei Ron) Camp, Palembang, Sumatra Chris Brooks POW research
    • WW2 POW - Malaya No. 2, Palembang, Sumatra Chris Brooks POW research
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of disease beriberi and avitiminosis. AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Maurice Verry was the son of Thomas Herbert and Elise Luella Verry, of Palmerston North, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    13 July 1945 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Palembang, Sumatra AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia AWMM 3. F. 1. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Maurice William Verry by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Maurice William Verry

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • References
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM
    • List of Royal New Zealand Navy personnel reported prisoner of war in Japanese hands to 21 August 1945 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYT Box 11 (R21346643) AWMM
    • Information on Japanese-run internment (prisoner of war) camps was kindly provided by Chris Brooks. More than 350 Japanese-run military prisoner-of-war and civilian internment and concentration camps were run throughout the "Far East" during World War II. AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for Royal Navy - Special requirements [Navy East Indies China], Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R21465684) AWMM

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.