William Edwin Harris

Title

Rifleman

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Forenames

William Edwin AWMM

Surname

Harris AWMM

Service number

WWI 36972 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

22 Sept 1894 Public Source

Date of birth

22 September 1894

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Place of birth

Gisborne, NZ

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Birth notes

son of William Edwin & Fanny Harris

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Address before enlistment

Waerenga-o-kuri, Gisboprne

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Next of kin

Mrs W.E. Harris (mother), Waerengaokuri, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• H Coy 21st NZ Rifle Brigade
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Service number

WWI 36972 AWMM

Military service

1916-1917

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Medals and Awards

British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 505506

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
• 26 September 1916 at Trentham
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Age on enlistment

22 yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 19 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 75 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements H Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

• Next of Kin: Mr W. E. Harris, Gladstone Rd, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
• Oct 1917 - A recent list of those who have died of wounds includes William E. Harris, Sept. 24 (Mrs W. E. Harris, Gisborne - mother).
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14422, 8 October 1917, Page 3

Death

24 Sept 1917 AWMM

Age at death

23 yrs

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Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Westouter Churchyard and Extension, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM II. E. 9. AWMM

Memorial name

Gisborne's War Memorial

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Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16792228
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16792229
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/2938992/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2938992
  Further Reference

References

• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  52: 32
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waitemata wobbler : N.Z. Exped. Forces, XXI Reinforcement. De La Mare, Frederick Archibald, 1877-, editor. Rowland, A.E.M. (Albert Edward MacKay), editor. Harris, E.W. (Edwin Walter), editor. -- [On board ship] : [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1917].