Harry Morrison

Forenames

Harry AWMM

Surname

Morrison AWMM

Also known as

Thomas Henry AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1571 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Date of birth

10th July 1866.

Public - Lynley - Other relative - 3 June 2019 - Printout of birth registration. NZBDM online # 1866/26204

Place of birth

Auckland, New Zealand

Public - Lynley - Other relative - 3 June 2019 - Printout of birth registration. NZBDM Online #1866/26204

Birth notes

Parents John and Louisa Jane Morrison

Public - Lynley - Other relative - 3 June 2019 - Printout of birth registration. NZBDM Online #1866/26204

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 06 Oct 1915 AWMM Clarence Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 John Frederick Morrison (brother), 21 Dean Street, Arch Hill, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Dec 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1571 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 06 Oct 1915 AWMM
Age  40 AWMM
Bushman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 Ruapehu 18 December 1915 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Sapper AWMM New Zealand Field Engineers AWMM New Zealand Engineers, Tunnelling Company AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 feet 8 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  11 stone 12 ounces AWMM
• Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
  tanned AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  brown AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  brown AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Admitted to No 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton, 12 November 1917 AWMM
• Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died after discharge from the NZEF from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service. Influenza AWMM

Last rank

WW1 13 Apr 1918 AWMM
No longer physically fit for war service AWMM
Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Engineers AWMM

Son of John Morrison (1839 - 1913.) and Louisa Jane Morrison, nee Jaggard, (1841 - 1878)

John and Louisa emigrated to New Zealand from Brighton, Sussex England on the Empress arriving in Auckland in 1865. They had six children. Harry appears to have been their first child.

Morrison appears to have revised his age downward in order to enlist.

Next of Kin: Mr J. Morrison, Dean St, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

7 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  52 AWMM

Cause of death

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Prot. Soldiers Burial B Row 1, Plot 47 AWMM

Memorial name

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/R21377690
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643130/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643130
  Further Reference
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
  http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
  Sources Used

References

• Information kindly provided by family
  Cenotaph data entry form
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 520
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
• Neill, J.C. (Ed.). (1922). The New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1915-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.