Norman Henry Prior

Forenames

Norman Henry AWMM

Surname

Prior AWMM

Service number

WWI 3/1243 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Methodist, Christian AWMM

Birth

11 Jan 1882 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Masterton, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Reverend S.F. Prior (father), Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Widowed/WWI AWMM
Widowed, 1 child AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

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

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 3/1243 AWMM

Military service

• No. 3 Field Ambulance AWMM
• New Zealand General Hospital AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• Military Cross (MC) AWMM
  London Gazette 11/12/1916 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Medical practitioner AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo AWMM Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  May 1917, measles AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Slightly wounded, remained with unit June 1917 AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  October 1917 haematura AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  1918 influenza, admitted Brockenhurst AWMM

Last rank

Inter War 10 Mar 1919 AWMM

Husband of Elizabeth (nee Teague) married Melbourne 1913; father of Arthur Norman Prior b. 1914.

The Auckland Museum Library's manuscripts collection contains a condolence letter written by Prior to the mother of 8/2646 Corporal Ivan Barton Livick. [Ref. MS 2012/15] AWMM

Death

3 Jun 1967 AWMM
Age  85 AWMM

Cemetery

Archer Street Cemetery, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM Lawn A-X Row 2 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Cemetery Records. Masterton District Council.
  http://www.mstn.govt.nz/services/cemetery/index.php
  Sources Used
• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20803097
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 594
• 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. 2: 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.
• Carbery, A.R.D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914-1918 : based on official documents. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.