Robert Paul Harper
I whānau mai i te 15 May 1887 - I mate atu i te 20 Nov 1972
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 7/517 AWMM
- WWII 16282 AWMM
- WWII 3/12/1413 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Robin AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Unknown rank AWMM New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM
- WW2 Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment AWMM
- Pakanga
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Robert Paul AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Harper AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Robin AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 7/517 AWMM
- WWII 16282 AWMM
- WWII 3/12/1413 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 15 May 1887 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Pre 25 Aug 1914 AWMM Gloucester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
- Tui Hills, Geraldine, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- George Harper (father), Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs B.O. Harper (wife), 175 Peterborough Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 7/517 AWMM
- WWII 16282 AWMM
- WWII 3/12/1413 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
DSO: London Gazette, 11 April 1918. Citation: "For distinguished services in the field in connection with military operations culminating in the capture of Jerusalem." AWMM - Military Cross (MC) AWMM
London Gazette 04/06/1917 AWMM - Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
London Gazette 14/01/1916 AWMM - 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- 1939-1945 Star AWMM
- Africa Star AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 with oak leaf AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Efficiency Decoration (ED) AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Three Times AWMM
London Gazette 28 January 1916, p1210 | London Gazette 6 July 1917, p6774 | London Gazette 7 October 1918, p11816 : In connection with the operations described in General I. Hamilton’s despatch AWMM
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 25 Aug 1914 AWMM
Age 27 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM - WW2 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 25 Aug 1914 AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 4 or HMNZT 11 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Athenic AWMM Trooper AWMM Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM - WW2 Captain/Military AWMM 2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded 4 September 1915 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded 25 November 1917 AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 27 Aug 1918 AWMM
Discharged AWMM
Unknown rank AWMM
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM - WW2 26 Aug 1943 AWMM
Posted to Reserve AWMM
Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM
New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment AWMM
- WW1 27 Aug 1918 AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Discharged from NZEF, 27 August 1918.
Joined 2 NZEF, 8 April 1940. Embarked 8 November 1940.
Returned to NZ, 31 March 1941.
Posted to Reserves, 26 August 1943.
Letters from Gunner 7/516 and Gunner 7/517 is a collection of letters from Robin and his brother Gordon during World War 1. It gives details of their army careers, awards, etc. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 20 Nov 1972 AWMM
Age 85 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- 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
Sources Used - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24059705
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24098392
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24098393
Further Reference - 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
- Powles, C.G. (1922). The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe and Tombs. Digitised copy on NZETC site.
- Ngā tuhinga
- 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.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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