Arthur Auxbury PERRY

Regimental number8/1029
Date of birth8 August 1892
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCommercial Traveller
Address8 Richmond Street, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 10.5"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinArthur Perry, 8 Richmond Street, Dunedin
Previous military service4th (Otago) Regiment, Territorial Force, 3 years (October 1911 - September 1914); Dunedin City Rifle Volunteers, 5 years (1906 - 1911)
Enlistment date3 September 1914
Place of enlistmentDunedin
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSergeant Drummer
Final unitOtago Infantry Battalion
FateInvalided back to New Zealand
Discharge date13 June 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Enlisted with rank of Sergeant and posted to 4th (Otago) Company, Otago Infantry Battalion, 1 September 1914. Proceeded overseas from Wellington on board HMNZT 'Ruapehu', 16 October 1914.

Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Proceeded overseas from Alexandria to the Dardanelles on board HMT 'Annaberg', 10 April 1915.

Admitted to HMHS 'Galatea', Dardanelles, 7 August 1915 (enteric dysentery); admitted to New Zealand General Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, 7 August 1915; transferred to Imperial Infectious Diseases Hospital, Shoubra, 31 August 1915; admitted to Enteric Convalescent Camp, Port Said, 7 October 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HMNZHS 'Maheno', 24 November 1915.

Disembarked Auckland, New Zealand, 1 January 1916.

Discharged no longer physically fit for war service, 13 June 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death28 February 1974
Age at death81
Place of burialArrowtown