Owen Leonard Haase
Born 14 May 1892 - Died 16 Sept 1916
- Service number
- WWI 6/1151 AWMM
- WWI 8/3454 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 14 May 1892 AWMM
- Date of birth
- 14 May 1892Public - Peter - Researcher - 5 May 2018 - Family records
- Place of birth
- OkarameoPublic - Peter - Researcher - 5 May 2018 - Family records
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Takaka, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Otto Haase (father), Takaka, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 6/1151 AWMM
- WWI 8/3454 AWMM
- Military service
- Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 12th (Nelson) Company AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 5 or HMNZT 9 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay AWMM Private AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM - WW1 13 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 35 or HMNZT 36 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Otto and Emma Haase, of 42, School Lane, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch. Native of Nelson.
Listed on Nominal Rolls as 8/3454 AWMM - Private Owen Leonard Haase : NZEF Service # (2) : 6/1151 & 8/3454 : Last rank/unit served : Private, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 12th (Nelson) Company, 8th Reinforcements, NZEF. Born 14 May 1892 - at Okaramio - (Rai Valley District) - Marlborough Region. Son of Otto & Emma Haase - of Takaka, Tasman - and later 42 School Lane, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch. Prior to enlistment for war service Owen Haase was employed as a Stable keeper/Driver - at his father Otto Haase's farm - at Takaka, Tasman. Owen Haase enlisted for war service - 14 August 1914 - at Nelson. At enlistment he was posted as a Private with the Otago Infantry Regiment, Main Body NZEF. Private Owen Haase embarked for overseas war service - twice. 1) 16 October 1914 - with the Main Body NZEF - aboard HMNZ Transport Ship 'Willochra' - to Suez, Egypt. 2) 13 November 1915 - with the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 8th Reinforcements, NZEF - for Egypt. On 9 June 1915 Private Haase was medically invalided (sick) from Egypt to New Zealand. On 16 September 1915 he was assessed by a NZEF Medical Board - at Nelson - and he was passed fit to resume war service. On 13 November 1915 Private Haase, again, embarked from New Zealand - for overseas war service. He disembarked from his transport ship at Egypt - where on 18 January 1916 he re-joined his unit the 12th (Nelson) Company, of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment at Ismailia, Egypt. In April 1916 Private Haase embarked from Port Alexandria, Egypt, for the battle fields of the Western Front (Europe). Private Haase served at France (1916) until he was killed in action - 16 September 1916 - at the Somme, France aged 25 years. Private Owen Leonard Haase has no known grave at France - but he is commemorated on the Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial to the Missing, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, FrancePublic - Jenifer - Researcher - 21 April 2018 - Military File
- Son of Otto and Emma Haase, of 42, School Lane, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch. Native of Nelson.
About death
- Death
- 16 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age 24 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
- War Memorials in Nelson and at TakakaPublic - Peter - Researcher - 22 April 2018 - on site
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16789850
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1463272/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1463272
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 290 - 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. 1: Includes portrait - The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- Information kindly provided by family
- Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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