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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Harold Ellison Speight |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Second Lieutenant |
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| Forename(s): |
Harold Ellison |
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| Surname: |
Speight |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
2/1499 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Gunner |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs M.H. Speight (mother), Saint George's Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Central Terrace, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
4th Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Field Artillery |
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| Embarkation Date: |
17 April 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
Vol1 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
682 |
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| Military Awards: |
Military Cross (MC) |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Field Artillery |
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| Place of Death: |
New Zealand |
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| Date of Death: |
19 November 1918 |
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| Year of Death: |
1918 |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Domain Road Cemetery, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand |
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| Grave Reference: |
Block D. Grave 5. |
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| Memorial Name: |
- Family grave memorial, Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland
- Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand
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| Description of Image: |
- Family grave memorial, Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland provided by Paul F. Baker 2010
- Family grave memorial, Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland provided by Paul F. Baker 2010
- Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, Panel 5, bronze plaque, names Otto - Stewart (Photo P. Baker 2008)
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| Archives NZ source: |
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| Further References: |
New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register: Auckland Grammar War Memorial |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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