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George David Harris

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George David AWMM
  • Surname
    Harris AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Lloyd AWMM
  • Service number
    26392 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 Station Road, Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Station Road, Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs M.J. Harris (mother), Station Road, Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs M.J. Harris (mother), Station Road, Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Percy Tom Harris and of Mary Jane Harris (nee Mackey), of Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Hi. Lloyd was my paternal grandfather's big brother and i have his date of birth as written by his own fathers hand. He was born 12 October 1915. Please update? Thanks very much Public - kimberley - Other Relative - 21 March 2015 - His father noted all his children's birthdays in the back of his bible. That has now passed to me.
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Death

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  • Death
    • 26 March 1943 AWMM
      Age 28 AWMM
      Tunisia, North Africa AWMM
    • 14 August 1980 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM XI. E. 24 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 199 AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 149 AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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21 March 2015kimberleyAucklandOther Relative

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