Harold Victor FIRMAN

Regimental number64948
Date of birth8 August 1897
Place of birthPapanui
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDental mechanic
Next of kinFather, W Firman, 635 North Road, Belfast, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 35th Reinforcements, Specialist Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Tofua on 2 March 1918
Final rankPrivate
Final unit12th Company, 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
Discharge date22 June 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Admitted to Military Hospital, Fargo (date not legible) (influenza); transferred to Military Hospital, Tidworth, 29 May 1918; discharged to Sling Camp, 14 June 1918.

Proceeded from England to France, 10 October 1918.

Joined 2nd Bn, Cantrbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, and posted to 12th Company, 17 October 1918.

Admitted to 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 14 December 1918 (influenza); discharged from No 1 Convalescent Depot, 20 December 1918.

Appointed Dental Mechanic, 20 January 1919; relinquished appointment of Dental Mechanic, 26 March 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board SS ‘Paparoa’, 1 April 1919; discharged, 22 June 1919.

Total war service: 1 year 279 days (of which 1 year 85 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

No Form B103 on file.
Date of death11 December 1958 Geraldine
Age at death60
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 80, p. 15