Harvey Johns

Forenames

Harvey AWMM

Surname

Johns AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1076 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

13 Sept 1892 AWMM

Date of birth

13/09/1892

Public - Ryan Craig - Direct descendant - 21 February 2018 - Family papers

Place of birth

• Waimate, Canterbury, NZ
  Public - Susan - Researcher - 2 May 2026 - Ancestry.com.au website
• Waimate
  Public - Ryan Craig - Direct descendant - 21 February 2018 - Family papers

Address before enlistment

WW1 108 Derby Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 Mrs Johns (mother), Beach Road, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM
• Mother: Mrs Elizabeth Ann Thomas Johns nee Hosking
  Father: Mr Frederick Johns
  Public - Susan - Researcher - 2 May 2026 - Ancestry.com.au website

Relationship status

• Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
• Marriage 1931
  Wife: Mrs Ruth Jean Johns nee Clark
  Public - Susan - Researcher - 2 May 2026 - Ancestry.com.au website

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Chunuk Bair AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1076 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Wounded in the leg at Chunuk Bair 8 August 1915 AWMM
• Other, WWI AWMM
  Nature of injury: G.S.W. lt. foot Pension: 15/- Percent: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant/Military AWMM

Circumstances surrounding his injury and the battle at Chunuk Bair are related in the Chapter called "Charlie" in Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story by Christopher Puglsey.

Auckland Museum WWI "Life at Anzac" display. Display item is a quotation by H. Johns AWMM

Death

3 Apr 1990 Public - Heather - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
Age  97 AWMM

Cemetery name

Avenue Cemetery, Avenue North Road, Levin, Horowhenua, NZ

Public - Susan - Researcher - 2 May 2026 - Find a Grave website

Grave reference

Block: RSA, Row: Burial, Plot: 402

Public - Susan - Researcher - 2 May 2026 - Horowhenua Council website - cemetery search

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18053587
  Further Reference
• Pugsley, Christopher. A Morning on Chunuk Bair. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 24 July 2020
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/a-morning-on-chunuk-bair
  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: 369
• Pugsley, C. (1990). Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story (Rev. ed.). Auckland, N.Z.: Sceptre.
  His injuries and battle described in a chapter titled "Charlie"
• New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% : compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent war pensions; and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) discharged hospital patients; assessed as suffering permanent disability, and who are whilst in hospital, receiving full pensions. New Zealand. Director-General of Medical 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. 4: 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.