John Harris

Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Harris AWMM

Service number

WWI 46714 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

23 Nov 1887 AWMM

Next of kin

A. Harris (father), Saddle Hill, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 46714 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Carter/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Apr 1917-19 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 83 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 25th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, D Company AWMM

John Harris was the son of Adam and Jane Harris, of Saddle Hill, Fairfield, Otago, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

3 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM X. B. 1. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16792113
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/458220/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/458220
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/12761
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  62: 14
• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
• HMNZT 83 - The kiwi : being the official organ of A.D.E.F. and part of J. Companies (Right Wing, 25th N.Z. Reinforcements). Carncross, C.C. (Cyril Cutten), editor. -- On board ship Cape Town : Printed and published by "The Kiwi executive" Cape Times Ltd. : [1917]