Forenames

Harry Guthrie AWMM

Surname

Whishaw AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/154 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

15 Jun 1885 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 12 Aug 1914 AWMM Featherston, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Kate Whishaw (mother), Stoneridge, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Battle of the Somme AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/154 AWMM

Military service

North West Mounted Police, Canada (18 months) AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 12 Aug 1914 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 7 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Arawa or Limerick AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 9.5 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  148 pounds AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  April 1915 wounded in action, Dardanelles, bullet wound in the neck AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  August 1915 schrapnel in the hand AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal (Temporary Lance Sergeant)/Military AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 17th (Ruahine) Company AWMM

Death

3 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM I.C.29. AWMM

Memorial name

Featherston War Memorial, 89 Fitzherbert Street, Featherston, Wairarapa AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22018301
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/277632/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/277632
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Te Papa Collection items http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Person/37920
  Public - Te Papa - 25 April 2015 - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 771
• Palmer, Margaret E. World War I autograph album, 1916. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2005-19.
  World War I autograph album containing the signatures of 70 New Zealand soldiers at No. 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, 1916.
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• 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
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.