Harry Cecil Marsh
Born 8 Jun 1894 - Died 24 Aug 1918
- Service number
- WWI 41835 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 2nd Btn Auckland RegimentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 February 2016 - Military record
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Harry Cecil AWMM
- Surname
- Marsh AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 41835 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 8 Jun 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- son of John Edward & Amelia MARSH of GreymouthPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 February 2016 - Military record
- Address before enlistment
- 260 Gladstone Road, GisbornePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 February 2016 - Military record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs A. Marsh (mother), Ward Street, Runanga, Greymouth, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- singlePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 February 2016 - Military record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- 1917-1918 Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 February 2016 - Military record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 2nd Btn Auckland RegimentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 February 2016 - Military record
- Service number
- WWI 41835 AWMM
- Military service
- 1917-1918Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 February 2016 - Military record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Coal merchant/Civilian AWMM
- 30 Oct 1916 at AucklandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 February 2016 - Military record
- Age on enlistment
- 22yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 February 2016 - estimated
- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Mar 1917-21 May 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 79 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Private AWMM 23rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 8" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
156 lb AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Harry Marsh was the son of James Edward and Amelia Marsh, of Amey St., Greymouth, New Zealand. Born in Lancashire, England.
Embarked Wellington, 14 March 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 21 May 1917, and marched in to Sling Camp.
Proceeded overseas to France, 21 June 1917; joined 3rd Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, in the field, 9 July 1917.
Wounded in action, 14 July 1917 (gun shot wound, left elbow), and admitted to No 4 NZ Field Ambulance; transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 15 July 1917; to No 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 17 July 1917; to England, 20 July 1917, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 21 July 1917; to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 28 September 1917; to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 18 October 1917; to 4th Reserve Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, Sling Camp. 19 January 1918.
Proceeded overseas to France, and marched in to Base Depot, Etaples, 24 March 1918.
Joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, 5 April 1918.
Killed in action, 24 August 1918.
Parents: James Edward and Amelia Marsh, Amey Street, Greymouth
Next of Kin: Mr J. E. Marsh, Arney St., Greymouth (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 24 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age 24 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM XII. A. 7. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Private Harry Cecil Marsh, No. 41835, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Killed in Action, Saturday 24 August 1918 during the New Zealand Division’s recapture of the village of Grevillers.Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 February 2016 - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lazenbylinks/PS01/PS01_399.HTM - Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10928651
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/290636/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/290636
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
57: 9 - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 5: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- HMNZT 79 - Our grins : just a souvenir of the 23rds -- [Capetown?] : [Magazine Committee] : [1917]
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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