Regimental number | 15368 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Brummerton |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farmer |
Marital status | Single |
Height | 5' 4.75" |
Weight | 120 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Alfred George Harris, Dairy Factory, Tauranga |
Previous military service | Served in the Mounted Rifles Volunteers, Tauranga. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Trentham |
Rank on embarkation | Rifleman |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 9th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, E Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on |
Final rank | Rifleman |
Final unit | 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Mr & Mrs Alfred George Harris, Ninth Avenue, Tauranta, Thames |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Wellington, 29 July 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 28 September 1916, and attached to 5th Reserve Bn, Sling Camp. Proceeded overseas to France, 10 October 1916; joined 2nd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 24 October 1916, and posted to B Company. Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 20 January 1917 (tonsillitis); rejoined unit, 1 February 1917. Killed in action, 7 June 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 32 Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805 |
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