George Alexander HARVEY

Regimental number13187
Date of birth12 April 1895
Place of birthOtago
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCivil servant
AddressLands and Survey Department, Invercargill
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 10"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinFather, William Harvey, Benhar, Otago
Enlistment date9 March 1916
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery, No 6 Howitzer Battery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 26 June 1916
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of disease 17 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row E, Grave No 4), Surrey, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Agnes Harvey, Benhar, Otago (only son)
Other details

War service: England.

Embarked Wellington, 26 June 1916.

Fined 8/-, 3 August 1916.

Disembarked Devonport, England, 22 August 1916.

Marched in Sling Camp and taken on strength, New Zealand Field Artillery, 22 August 1916.

Admitted to No 4 London General Hospital, London, 8 January 1917 (pneumonia).

Died, No 4 London General Hospital, 17 January 1917 (double pneumonia).

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 21
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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