Forenames

William Frederick James AWMM

Surname

Harvey AWMM

Also known as

William Frederick Jas Harvey AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/254 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

7 Nov 1887 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Collingwood, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Fred Harvey (father), Rockville, Collingwood, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/254 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 4 or HMNZT 11 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Athenic AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

William Harvey was the son of Frederick John and Fanny Jane Harvey of Collingwood, Nelson.

Four brothers all served in the same unit during WWI. Three were killed during the war: Charles Harvey (23/1661); Percy Harvey (7/209) and Frederick Harvey (6/3342). The other brother, William Harvey (6/254), returned to New Zealand and died of wounds within a year.

WWI Nominal Rolls give his name as William Frederick Jas Harvey AWMM

Death

5 Nov 1919 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Collingwood Cemetery, Collingwood-Bainham Road, Golden Bay, Tasman District, New Zealand AWMM Block D Plot 52 AWMM

Memorial name

Remembered on Memorials at Bainham and Collingwood

Public - Peter - Researcher - 23 April 2018 - on site

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Tasman District Council cemetery records
  http://www.tasman.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemetery-records-search/
  Sources Used
• Tasman District Council cemetery records
  http://www.tasman.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemetery-records-search/
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16792783
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/642444/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/642444
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 311
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.