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Mervyn Hugh Egerton GORRINGE

Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:49:33+00:00
Date of birth14 August 1877
Date of death12 December 1917
Mothers nameFanny Eliza (née Sweet)
Spouses nameMargaret (née Fraser) of Kauru Rd, Levin (m 6 September 1904, Bulls by Rev Doull)
Mothers place of birthNelson, NZ
Spouses place of deathWanganui
Fathers namePeter Rollins Gorringe
Fathers place of birthEngland
Marriage date6 September 1904
Place of marriageBulls, New Zealand by Rev Doull
SiblingsReginald Ernest P (b 1871) , Frank Herbert Rollins (1872), Clifford Roy Mc Murdo (b 1883, WW1 Regimental number 17462, Constance Lucy M (b 1883)
ChildrenDonald Frank
Cause of deathKilled in action
Buried wherePolygon Wood Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 1, Row C, Grave 9
AwardsBritish War Medal, Victory Medal
Place of birthManston, Dorset England
OccupationFarmer & Farrier. Ihakara, Levin.
Place of deathIn the Field, Belgium
Date of arrival overseas20 July 1917
Theatres of warWestern Front
Place of embarkationWellington on "Tofua"
SurnameGORRINGE
War memorialLevin, Weraroa Peace Gates, Ihakara Hall, Muhunoa Roll of Honour Board
Place enlistedLevin
Christian namesMervyn Hugh Egerton
Place of arrival overseasDevonport, England
WarsWW1
Service number38807
ReligionC of E
Date enlisted14 October 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Regiment or service2nd Bn Otago Regiment NZEF
Embarkation date26 April 1917
User reference2.96

Birth registration Vol 5a, page 244 registered Sturminster, Dorset, England

Probate: Will at Archives NZ Wellington.

NOK: Mrs Margaret Gorringe (Wife), Kauru Rd, Levin

Frank Herbert Rollins Gorringe, Farmer, Executor and Trustee asked to carry on with the farm.

Son Donald went to Wanganui Collegiate School and was a Farmer at Marton

Mervyn is also remembered on the following memorials in NZ: Mangaweka School Gates, Raumaewa Rd, Mangaweka; Kawhatu Church, Mangaweka; The Library at Trentham Military Camp, Hutt Valley.

In the UK he is remembered on the following memorials: Manston Parish Church, Dorset; Radley College, Oxford.

Height: 6'4½" Weight: 179lb.

Eyes: Grey Complexion: Dark.

Hair: Black. Chest: 34”-38”.

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