John William HARKIN

Regimental number2/1233
Date of birth30 October 1879
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter and joiner
AddressTe Aroha
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 5.5"
Weight151 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs A F Harkin, Kenrick Street, Te Aroha
Previous military serviceServed in New Zealand Volunteer Garrison Artillery; left the district; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date20 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 14 February 1915
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDischarged 25 September 1915
Discharge date25 September 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted Hospital Ship, Anzac Cove, 6 June 1915; transferred to 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 11 June 1915 (rheumatism); to Helouan Convalescent Camp, 8 July 1915.

Discharged (medically unfit), 25 September 1915.

War service: 280 days (of which 210 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16791679

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