Harris Symons

Title

Corporal

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Forenames

Harris AWMM

Surname

Symons AWMM

Also known as

• Harris Symons AWMM
• Morsehead Harris SYMONS
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Service number

WWI 2/752 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Anglican

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Birth

5 Aug 1893 Public Source

Date of birth

5 Aug 1893

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Place of birth

Napier, NZ

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Birth notes

son of Alfred Morsehead SYMONS & Emily Jane HARRIS

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Albion Hotel, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs E.J. Symons (mother), Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian, Egyptian EF, Balkan & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Field Artillery
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Service number

WWI 2/752 AWMM

Military service

1914-1917

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Wellington AWMM
• 19 Aug 1914 at Gisborne
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Age on enlistment

21yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Assistant Surveyor

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Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM from Wellington AWMM
HMNZT 7 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Arawa or Limerick AWMM Driver/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Death

30 Apr 1917 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England AWMM VIII. E. 12. 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/R7823444
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/399718/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/399718
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 708
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.