Percy William JESSE

Regimental number25/646
OccupationDriver
Next of kinSister, Mrs D Hicks, Ryalls Farm, Stallbridge, Dorset, England
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Medals

Military Medal

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack on the Passchendaele Ridge on 12th October 1917. He displayed the greatest fearlessness in carrying messages through very heavy enemy machine gun and shell fire from his Company to Battalion Headquarters.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 28 January 1918

SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 15