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Harry Oswald Furlong Marsden

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Portrait of Second Lieutenant Harry Oswald Furlong Marsden, Auckland Weekly News, 8 November 1917, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19171108-40-10. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Second Lieutenant Harry Oswald Furlong Marsden, Auckland Weekly News, 8 November 1917, A …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Oswald Furlong AWMM
  • Surname
    Marsden AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 24387 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 September 1889 AWMM Waitara, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mr Thomas W. F. Marsden (father), Nikau Street, Eastbourne, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 March 1917 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24387 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Company secretary/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
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Thomas W. F. and Elizabeth A. Marsden, of "Te Hua," Nikau St., Eastbourne, Wellington

    Native of Taranaki. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
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Memorials

Memorial

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    Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

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  • They called it Passchendaele

    The 3rd battle of Ypres

    New Zealand soldiers bravely fought

    But lost their lives in Hell

     

    A 2nd Lieutenant was among the men

    Harry Oswald Furlong Marsden

    He was a bear

    Fighting as hard as he can

     

    October 4th 1917 was the day

    This young man, just 26

    In the prime of his life

    His world colored grey

     

    Shells were coming down, boom!

    Did he finally meet his doom?

    Bullets whistling around his head

    Afraid, will he meet his death?

     

    His wounds were slight

    Another shell burst, he lost the light 

    In the mud, as thick as tar

    Fighting for his life, yet lost his war


    By Sandor
    Public - Sandor - Researcher - 16 June 2019
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16 June 2019SandorZoetermeer, the NetherlandsResearcher
02 September 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher

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