Bertie Ernest KEARSE

Regimental number25/1771
Place of birthWanganui
OccupationFireman
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ada Kearse, 33 Abel Smith Street, Wellington
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 2nd Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Members of G Company left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahitit'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to identify on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of disease 16 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialCodford St Mary New Churchyard (Grave No 111), Codford, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Thomas F Kearse, 15 Owen Street, Wellington; Wife: the late Ada Kearse. Born at Wanganui
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 9