Eric Tristram HARPER

Regimental number35694
OccupationBarrister and solicitor
Next of kinWife, Mrs B A S Harper, 8 Kilmore Street West, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationSergeant Major
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Mounted Rifles Brigade, 26th Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Moeraki on 31 May 1917
Final rankTrooper
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles
FateKilled in Action 30 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsJerusalem Memorial (Panel No 1)
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Agnes Harper, 11 Cashel Street, Christchurch. Wife: Beatrice A. S. Harper, 8 Kilmore Street, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 64, p. 3