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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
John William Harker |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
John William |
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| Surname: |
Harker |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
12/1653 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| Place of Birth: |
Hokitika, Westland, Greymouth |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Charlotte Harker (mother), Hokitika, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
C/o C.M. Gleeson, Taupiri, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Auckland |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
3rd Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Auckland Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
14 February 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
Vol1 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
303 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Auckland Infantry Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Malta ex Gallipoli |
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| Date of Death: |
19 August 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
25 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of enteric |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta |
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| Grave Reference: |
A. VII. 6. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Son of the George and Charlotte Harker. |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Further References: |
Roll of honour; Portraits of New Zealand soldiers killed, wounded, or missing at Gallipoli, Turkey. Auckland Weekly News, 21 October 1915, top of page 44. Alexander Turnbull Library Ref: 1/2-168357-F. |
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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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