Edgar Seymour PERRY

Regimental number9/661
AddressWaikiwi, Invercargill
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs Sarah Perry, Waikiwi, Invercargill
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 December 1914
Members of the 2nd Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, departed on board three ships: HMNZT 13 'Verdala', HMNZT 14 'Willochra', and HMNZT 15 'Knight of the Garter'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLieutenant
Final unitOtago Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 21 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsHill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Invercargill (Eastern) Cemetery. Parents: the late Joseph Edgar and Sarah Jane Perry, Invercargill; Wife: Sarah Perry, North Road, Waikiwi, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Second

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