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John Harper

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Headstone of Major John HARPER 2055. Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 1A140. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of Major John HARPER 2055. Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 1A140. Imag …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John AWMM
  • Surname
    Harper AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    2055 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 65 Havelock Street, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr F.F. Tabiner, Willoughby Road, Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    2055 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 December 1994 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
    Age 83 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 1A, Plot 140 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 75 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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