Surname: 
jolly
Reg No: 
5171
Given Names: 
sydney herbert
Contingent: 
Eighth
Rank: 
corporal
Unit: 
North Island Regiment - B Squadron
County/City: 
oroua
Occupation: 
farmer
Ship: 
surrey 1 february 1902
Address: 
waituna west feilding
Next of Kin: 
jolly mr henry
Next of Kin Address: 
feilding
Relationship to Soldier: 
father

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Posted: 04 Mar 2012

Sydney Herbert and Ernest Edward Jolly were both brothers of a large English descent family from England. Their father Henry Jolly married Emily together they raised eight siblings two of which married Morton Henry and Leila Agnes. Both Sydney and Ernest were soldiers Morton being the youngest and a farmer wasn't allowed to go.