Henry Capel Pritt

Forenames

Henry Capel AWMM

Surname

Pritt AWMM

Also known as

Harry AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2446 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Kaihu, Northern Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs L. Pritt (stepmother), Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2446 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM

• Son of Lonsdale and Mary Pritt, of Auckland.
  
  Named Harry on the Rolls of Honour, Katikati
  
  Next of Kin: Mr W. L. Pritt, Hamilton E, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
• Birth date 25 January, 1869. However he lied about his age on his enlistment form and gave his birth year as 1876.
  Public - Cat - Other relative - 9 November 2018 - Family information, BDM records, death notice.

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Katikati War Memorial Hall, Katikati, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
• Memorial gates, Katikati, Uretara Domain, Major Street, Katikati, Bay of Plenty AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20803139
  Further Reference
• Katikati : rural town
  http://www.katikati.co.nz/kk_text/anzac_lestwe.html
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage Katikati War memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/katikati-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680321/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680321
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 24. Maunganuian : one of the many unofficial journals of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. (1915). At sea: Fifth Reinforcements. Printe by W.F. Forster and Co., Albany.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 595
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.