Harold James Worsley

Forenames

Harold James AWMM

Surname

Worsley AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/1548 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

W.H. Worsley (father), Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/1548 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Teacher/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 01 Apr 1916-01 May 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 50 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 5th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, F Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM

Son of Mr. W. H. and Mrs. E. M. Worsley, of District School, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).

Next of Kin: Mr W. H. Worsley, Hamilton, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

14 Oct 1916 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Greenwich Cemetery, London, England AWMM 3 "C." Z. 4. AWMM

Memorial name

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

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22022381
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7881205
  Further Reference
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Mach.html
  Further Reference
• Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
  http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=1499
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/386404/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/386404
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  27: 4
• A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• The Tahitian : official souvenir of H.M.N.Z. Troopship no. 50. (1916). On board ship: Printed by Arthur Treadwell, "G" Coy, on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 50.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.