Donald HARPER

Regimental number8/973
AddressAnderson's Bay Road, Queen's Drive, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFrederick E Harper, Anderson's Bay Road, Queen's Drive, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 5 June 1915
Age at death from cemetery records17
Place of burialShrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No 24), Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Fredrick Edwin and Jane Harper, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body