Harry Edward TUCKER

Regimental number10/899
Date of birth6 October 1892
Place of birthWest Clive
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWhakatu, Hawke's Bay
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 7.5"
Weight149 lbs
Next of kinJohn Tucker, Pakowhai
Previous military service'D' Company, 9th (Hawkes Bay) Regiment (3 years)
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentHastings
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 unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 15 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialCodford St Mary New Churchyard (Grave No 112), Wiltshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: John Tucker, Weardale Orchard, Havelock North
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, England.

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

Evacuated to hospital, 6 August 1915; admitted to HS 'Ascania', Mudros, 19 August 1915; transferred to St David's Hospital, Malta, 25 August 1915 (debility); to England, 18 September 1915; to No.5 Northern General Hospital, Leicester, 24 September 1915; marched into NZ Base Depot, Hornchurch, 2 May 1916.

Detailed 'On Command', No.1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 14 March 1917; marched into NZ Command Depot, Hornchurch, 23 April 1917.

Marched into NZ Command Depot, Codford, 29 August 1917.

Marched out to NZ Reserve Group, Sling Camp, 19 October 1917.

Attached to No.7 Camp Details, Sling Camp, 6 November 1917.

Attached to No.3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 20 December 1917.

Marched into Sling Camp, 9 February 1918.

Admitted to No.3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 12 March 1918 (circumcision).

Classified unfit, 24 April 1918.

Placed on Seriously Ill List, No.3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 6 May 1918 (carcinoma testis).

Transferred to Dangerously Ill List, 18 May 1918.

Died, No.3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 15 June 1918 (carcinoma testis).

Buried, Codford (St Mary) Cemetery, by Reverend E.H. Aston, 18 June 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Age at death25
Place of burialMilitary Cemetery, Codford Street, Mary (Saint Mary) New Churchyard, Grave 112
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22013907

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