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Full Name
Norman Robert Harper
Rank Last Held
Second Lieutenant
Forename(s)
Norman Robert
Surname
Harper
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
6/645
First Known Rank
  • Lance Sergeant
  • Second Lieutenant
Occupation before Enlistment
  • Unknown occupation
  • Surveyor
Next of Kin
  • Benjamin Harper (father), Courthouse, Dunedin, New Zealand
  • Mrs Harper (wife), care of Post-office, Kaiapoi, New Zealand
Marital Status
  • Married
  • Married
Enlistment Address
  • Greymouth, New Zealand
  • Unknown address
Military District
  • Canterbury
  • Unknown military district
Body on Embarkation
  • Main Body
  • New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit
  • Canterbury Infantry Battalion
  • Headquarters, Ships' Adjutants
Embarkation Date
  • 16 October 1914
  • 26 April 1917
Place of Embarkation
  • Lyttelton, New Zealand
  • Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
  • Tahiti or Athenic
  • Turakina
Destination
  • Suez, Egypt
  • Plymouth, England
Nominal Roll Footnotes
Ex Main Body.
Nominal Roll Number
  • Vol1
  • 62
Page on Nominal Roll
  • 305
  • 3
Military Awards
Military Cross (MC)
Award Circumstances
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He showed great promptitude and skill in filling a gap in the line and organising the new line until severely wounded in the head. His courage and leadership inspired his men, and materially contributed to the success of the operation. L.G. 16 September 1918, p11054.
Last Unit Served
Entrenching Battalion
Place of Death
France
Date of Death
15 April 1918
Year of Death
1918
Cause of Death
Died of wounds
Description of Image
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918
Archives NZ source
NZETC
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre topic page
Sources Used
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918