Trooper

Owen Ernest Oscar Ferris

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Richard and Emily Ferris.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Trooper Owen Ferris (killed in action) was the second son of Mr and Mrs Richard Ferris, of Akaroa, and a grandson of the late Mr and Airs Le Lievre, two of Akaroa's earliest settlers. Trooper Ferris was born on the Peninsula, and educated at the Akaroa District High School. After leaving school he took up farming on his father's farm. When the military doctors rejected his elder brother, he enlisted himself at once, though he was barely 19 years old at the time. He left New Zealand with the 6th Reinforcements, and put in five weeks' strenuous trench work in Gallipoli. After the evacuation, he was with the Mounted Brigade in Egypt, and it was during the recent heavy fighting against the Turks, east of the Canal, that he met a soldier's death on the battlefield. Trooper Ferris was a bright, cheery comrade, the soul of good nature, and a general favourite." [Press, Volume LII, Issue 15675, 22 August 1916, Page 8]

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
7/1464
Name:
Owen Ernest Oscar Ferris
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
R. Ferris (father), Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
09 August 1916
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
6th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 August 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 27
HMNZT 28
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
A. 69.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
Owen Ernest Oscar Ferris
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