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Leo Frederick Harris

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leo Frederick AWMM
  • Surname
    Harris AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII NZ416635 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 January 1918 AWMM Rakaia, Canterbury AWMM
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  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

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
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Leo Harris was the son of Peter Patrick and Agnes Mabel Harris; husband of Deicie Margaret Harris, of Collingwood, Nelson, New Zealand.

    Remembered on the Ashburton War Memorial.

    Source: Martyn. 'For Your Tomorrow', vol.3, Christchurch, 2008. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    6 September 1943 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Limburgerhof, Germany AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany AWMM 20. B. 13. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Ashburton War Memorial, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

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    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      p.233 AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
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