Leicester George HARRIS

Regimental number49537
Date of birth22 February 1896
Place of birthAddington
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 5"
Weight129 lbs
Next of kinFather, F G Harris, 75 Picton Avenue, Lower Riccarton, Christchurch
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 January 1917
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 88 Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unitG Company, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Discharge date20 August 1918
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Wellington, 16 July 1917; admitted to ship's hospital, 3 September 1917 (bronchitis); discharged from ship's hospital, 4 September 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 16 September 1917, and marched into 5th Reserve Bn, Tidworth.

Found guilty, 5 November 1917, of being 'out of bounds': forfeited 2 days' pay.

Admitted to hospital, Rugeley, 23 January 1918 (infection of larynx); discharged to Brocton, 22 February 1918; admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 25 February 1918 (phthsis).

Classified unfit by Medical Board (tubercle of lung), and placed on NZ Roll, 16 March 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HT 'Ulimaroa', 1 May 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service: tubercle of lung), 20 August 1918.

Total war service: 1 year 168 days (of which 334 days were abroad)

Medal: British War Medal
Miscellaneous detailsParents: Frederick George and Mary Anne Harris (both b. New Zealand)
Date of death31 August 1968 Napier
Age at death72
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 8
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805