George Maurice JERMY

Regimental number10/1863
Date of birth19 April 1894
Place of birthTurakina
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Mrs Slight, Aramoho
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.7
Height5' 5.5"
Weight122 lbs
Next of kinFather, W J Jermy, Turakina
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
The 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 21 'Willochra', HMNZT 22 'Knight Templar', and HMNZT 23 'Waitomo'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unitNo 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateDied of wounds 2 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialFlatiron Copse Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No 49), Mametz, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William John and Sybil Jermy, Turalina
Family/military connectionsBrother: 10/3610 Pte William John JERMY, No 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, killed in action, 1 October 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined Wellington Infantry Bn, Gallipoli, 9 June 1915.

Admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 26 July 1915 (diarrhoea); transferred to Field Ambulance, Indian Expeditionary Force, Mudros, 28 July 1915; to 24th Casualty Clearing Station, Mudros, 12 August 1915; rejoined Bn, Gallipoli, 23 August 1915.

Transferred to Machine Gun Details, Mudros, 12 September 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 28 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Transferred to No 2 Machine Gun Company, Ismailia, 1 March 1916.

Embarked Egypt to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 22 April 1916.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 9 August 1916 (otitis media); discharged to unit, 12 August 1916.

Appointed Acting Corporal, 25 August 1916.

Wounded in action, 2 October 1916.

Died of wounds, 2 October 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805