PEPPER, Merton Seymour
| Service Number: | 6372 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nowra, New South Wales, 27 June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Berry, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Scotch College, Sydney |
| Occupation: | Assistant bodymaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 June 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme Plot IV, Row O, Grave No. 6, Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Ribemont, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berry Honour Roll, Berry War Memorial, Numba Public School HR |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6372, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6372, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6372, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 6372, 19th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6372 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-06-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Merton Seymour PEPPER was born in Nowra in 1895
His parents were Charles Alfred PEPPER and Rebecca Earl TORY
He enlisted in Sydney on 15th August, 1916 with the Australian Army - he was with the 19th Battalion, 18th reinforcements who embarked on 11th November 1916 on the ship Suevic from Sydney
He was Killed in Action by an exploding shell on 5th June, 1918
Merton was buried in Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension and also commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Illawarra/Wollongong & the Australian War memorial - he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
Mertons brothers Harry, Wallace & Thomas also served in WW1 (see attached links to biography & photos)
Trove articles - Sydney Morning Herald 5th June 1919 - In Memoriam
"PEPPER.- In loving memory of our dear son & brother, Merton Seymour Pepper - killed in action 5th June, 1918 in France
"He was a man & a mans death died he
Death? no, not for such as he
His death is life for all eternity
Did he not give his life?
For whom? for you & me" - Inserted by his sorrowing parents, sister & brothers."
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"PEPPER.- To the memory of my dear Merton, Killed in Action in France June 5th, 1918
"He died that we might live" - Inserted by his friend Winifred Turnbull"
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