Alexander Duff HARKNESS

Regimental number31267
OccupationBrigade fireman
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Harkness, Drumcouvas, Coogh, Tyrone, Ireland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 16 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 25), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Abraham and Margaret Harkness, Drumconvis, Coagh, Co. Tyrone
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 8

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