John Joseph MERRICK

Regimental number12/2032
AddressIreland Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Jacob Merrick, 12 Ireland Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitAuckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 24 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot A, Row XI, Grave No 4), Malta
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: Joseph and Eliza Merrick, 12 Ireland Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Died I.

MSBVn Malta of wounds sustained at Gallipoli
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Fourth