John Perry

1890-1943

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.1

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1582

About

Born in New Zealand

26 December 1890
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Auckland City Council
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Josephine Perry

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 52

30 June 1943

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5550 17/0092180, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 1.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Perry (1890-1943)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/674