Berryman S Lt New Zealand Expeditionary Force
BERRYMAN, STANLEY, Lieut., 10th (Nelson) Regt., Canterbury Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of Henry Giles Berryman, of Stanley Downs, Nelson. New Zealand, Pastoralist, by his wife, Mary Redman, dau. of John Jones Bowles, of Kent: 5. Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand, 8 Sept. 1590; educ. Boys’ High School. Ashburton, New Zealand; was Manager of his father’s estates, Mount Noble and Stanley Downs (sheep stations); enlisted 5 Ang 1914, left New Zealand with Main Body Sept. following: served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli from April to Sept. 1915, was twice seriously wounded during that campaign, and invalided to England on recovery took a course of musketry and machine gunnery at Hythe; passed out top of the list with 95 per cent, marks, and awarded a Distinguished certificate; was offered a commission in the Gloucestershire Hussars, which he refused, preferring to rejoin his New Zealand regiment, and was sent back to New Zealand in Sept. 1016; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 10th Canterbury Mounted Rifles 14 Nov. 1916; promoted Lieut. 1 Oct, 1917; served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Egypt and Palestine from 9 Aug. 1917, and was killed in action at Amman, Palestine, 30 March, 1918.
Buried on the Hills of Moabh, about 1,000 yards south of Amman Hill. Lieut. Col. John Findlay wrote: “He did remarkably well, and was a very capable officer”, and the officer in charge of his squadron: “Although he had already been wounded, he refused to leave his post.. His behaviour was splendid,” and another officer: “He was just the same ame dear happy boy until the last; as soldier he was splendid, always the same bright, happy smile and winning way, and very popular with his men.” His Chaplain also wrote: “He was a son to be proud of, possessed of fine character, and setting to others the example of devotion to duty and clean living. He bore the hardships and faced the danger at Gallipoli as a true Britisher, and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him.” Lieut. Berryman was a keen sportsman; his chief hobby was horses, and his hunters and troop-horses won the championships at the Agricultural and Pastoral Shows in Nelson and Marlborough for seven years in sucensalon (1911 to 1917). He was a good cricketer, frequently selected for first-class matches unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5