Robert Paul Harper

Born 15 May 1887 - Died 20 Nov 1972

Service number: WWI 7/517 AWMM
WWII 16282 AWMM
WWII 3/12/1413 AWMM
Also known as: Robin AWMM
Armed force / branch: Army AWMM
Last rank: WW1 Unknown rank AWMM New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM
WW2 Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment AWMM
War: World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

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Robert Paul Harper — Portrait from Powles, C.G. (1922). - No known copyright restrictions No Known Copyright Restrictions

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External links: Powles, C.G. (1922). The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe and Tombs. Digitised copy on NZETC site.
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Sina.html
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Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24059705
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Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24098392
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Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24098393
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Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210315175255/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1CMRi-t1-body.html
Further Reference
References: New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 305
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 3: WW2 198
Harper, B. (Ed.). (1978). Letters from Gunner 7/516 and Gunner 7/517. Wellington, N.Z.: Anchor Communications.
Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
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
McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.

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