Oliver Harvey DE GRUT

Regimental number41133
Date of birth29 January 1886
Place of birthMount Eden, Auckland
SchoolMaingatainoka Public School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
Next of kinBrother, Collings de St Croix De Grut, Feilding
Enlistment date10 October 1916
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 26th Reinforcements (Second Draft), E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 86 Maunganui on 12 June 1917
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
Other detailsJoined the Bank of New South Wales, Pahaitua branch, 25 February 1906. Transferred to Napier branch, March 1908; to Singleton, New South Wales, branch (ledger keeper), October 1912; to Whangarei branch (assistant), April 1913..
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 7 February 1919
Discharge date23 April 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death29 January 1986 Auckland
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 4
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 24055768
'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 158.

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