Joseph Greenlaw PERIE

Regimental number10/1616
Date of birth6 October 1887
Place of birthGreat Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSteward
AddressClub Hotel, Palmerston North
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 4.75"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Perie, c/o Mrs E Taylor, 25 Third Cross Road, Twickenham, England
Previous military serviceNil
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 22), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late QMS J. Perie (Royal Artillery), and Mrs Perie, 77, Waldegrave Road, Teddington, Middlesex, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Previously reported missing; now believed to be dead.'

War service: 237 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20800545

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