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Harry Gilbert

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Group, Gallipoli Veterans reunion, Harry Gilbert on left (kindly provided by family) - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry AWMM
  • Surname
    Gilbert AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 8/750 AWMM
    • WWII 2/26/105 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 June 1889 Military Personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 1914 AWMM Clyde, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Bookie. Public - Laurice Denise - Other Relative - 1 March 2015 - Family stories - my father was Harry's older (of 2) son.
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Stephen James Gilbert (father), 2 Morrison Street, Caversham, Dunedin, 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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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    • 6 May 1915 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Gun shot wound left eye at Gallipoli AWMM
    • 30 May 1915 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Invalided to NZ on the HS Willochra AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Loss of left eye AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Havelock AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 January 1956 Military Personnel file
    Age 66 AWMM
    Military Personnel file
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers section Plot 4 H/4 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • WHEN I WAS LITTLE

    When I was little, war was a bore,
    and Grandad, just a grumpy old man.
    What was this 'gallipoli' thing
    that took out Grandad's eye?

    When I grow up I am going to find his eye
    and fix him up, so he won't be grumpy any more.

    But when I was eight, he was gone and
    I never got the chance to make him better.
    Now I am grown, I understand about Gallipoli.
    But I wish I had known, when I was little.

    B. Jay April 2015
    Public - Beverley - Direct descendant - 3 April 2022
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 262 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all 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 and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer). AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
03 April 2022BeverleyWaikanae, NZDirect descendant
09 February 2021JenniferChurton Park, WellingtonDirect descendant
03 May 2018JenniWellington, New ZealandDirect descendant
01 March 2015Laurice DeniseWellington, New ZealandOther Relative

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