Harold Irons MUIR

Regimental number10/1047
Date of birth24 April 1889
Place of birthGreytown
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPrinter
Address155 Stout Street, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 5"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Martha Muir, Greytown, West Wairarapa
Previous military service'E' Company, Ruahine Battalion (Volunteers)
Enlistment date14 August 1914
Place of enlistmentGisborne
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unit9th Hawke's Bay Company, 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 29 June 1916
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No 1), Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander Frederick and Martha Muir, Greytown
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Found guilty, 21 February 1915, of removing equipment on guard: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Wounded in action, 27 April 1915; rejoined unit, 8 May 1915.

Admitted to Fleet Sweeper 'Clacton', 2 July 1915, and transferred to No.1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Mudros, the same day (vomiting); to Military Hospital, Tigna, Malta, 16 July 1915 (gastro-enteritis); to All Saints' Hospital, Malta, 11 August 1915; to No.5 Northern General Hospital, Leicester, England, 24 September 1915; discharged to furlough, 1 November 1915; marched into Australia and New Zealand Base Depot, Weymouth, 27 November 1915.

Marched into NZ Base Depot, Grey Towers, 11 January 1916.

Proceeded to Egypt, 16 February 1916; rejoined unit, Ismailia, 1 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Admitted to hospital, 2 May 1916; rejoined unit, 6 May 1916.

Killed in action, Armentieres, 29 June 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21378276

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