Identity
Title
Forenames
Peter Rex AWMM
Surname
Berry AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Service number
Korea 644568 AWMM
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Service
Capture details
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Liberation Repatriation
POW liberation details
POW serial number
Biographical information
Served with Regular Force 1951-53
Served with Kayforce 1952-53
"... a tragic incident occurred in E Troop when a faulty 213-fuse detonated while being screwed into a shell which was being held between the legs of a gunner. The shell exploded, killing two men, and mortally wounding another. This disaster, which took the lives of Lance-Bombardier Joseph Shortland, and Gunners E. J. Griffiths and P.R. Berry, meant that 17 February 1953 was Kayforce's worst day in terms of fatalities. Berry was a regular soldier, who had entered Korea only on 2 January after being held back in Japan until he turned twenty." (McGibbon 1996, vol. 2, pp. 331-32)
Gunner Berry's brother, Mr Christopher Berry of Whiritoa Beach received the New Zealand Operational Service Medal on his behalf from the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence at a presentation at the Auckland War Memorial Museum on Thursday 27 November 2003 AWMM
Death
Death
17 February 1953
AWMM Age 20
AWMM Korea,
Asia AWMM
Date of death
Age at death
Place of death
Cause of death
Death notes
Cemetery
United Nations Cemetery, Pusan, Korea AWMM
Cemetery name
Grave reference
Obituary
NZ Herald, 19 February 1953, p. 8. AWMM
Memorial name
Memorial reference
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Sources
External links
Documents
- McGibbon, I.C. (1992-1996). New Zealand and the Korean War (Vols. 1-2). Auckland, N.Z.; Wellington, N.Z.: Oxford University Press in association with the Historical Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs. AWMM
pp. 332, 371, 399. AWMM - The New Zealand Herald AWMM
19 February 1953, p. 8. AWMM
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