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Walter Charles Harper

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Harper AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 14808 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Ormond, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 May 2023 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of James Davidson & Ellen Eugene HARPER of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 May 2023 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Occ. Labourer at the Kaiteratahi Freezing Works, Gisborne - Lived Ormond, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 May 2023 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. Howie (mother), Ormond, Poverty Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1916 Walter Charles HARPER married Evelyn Myrtle VERNON Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 May 2023 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 14808 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Walter Harper was the son of Helen Howie (formerly Harper), of Ormond, Gisborne, New Zealand; and the late James Harper. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXVIII. C. 13. AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Mrs. J. Howie, of Ormond, yesterday received the sad news that her second son, Private Walter C. (Tod) Harper, reported missing last week, had been killed in action on October 12. Private Harper left New Zealand with the 14th Reinforcements, and was wounded in January this year. Two months afterwards he was once more in the firing line and was “gassed” in June. After recovering he again went to the front, and was killed in action on October 12. He was very well known among a large circle of friends in Poverty Bay and Hawke’s Bay, and was a brother of Miss N. Harper, infant mistress at the Ormond School Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 January 2024 - PERSONAL NOTES.
    GISBORNE TIMES, VOLUME XLVIII, ISSUE 4717, 15 NOVEMBER 1917, PAGE 5
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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08 January 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
05 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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