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Robert Francis Harrison

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  • Service number
    WWI 23377 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • E Coy 13th Rfts NZ Maori Pioneer Btn Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 33), Page: 27 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 33), Page: 27 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Francis AWMM
  • Surname
    Harrison AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 23377 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 January 1896 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    6 January 1896 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Te Kaha, Eastern BOP, NZ
    1919: declared that he was born at Waipiro Bay, East Coast Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Francis & Mrs Harrison Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Te Kaha Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Francis Harrison (mother), Waipiro Bay, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single
    1919 married Nellie Tukina Dewes Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military Record & Research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • E Coy 13th Rfts NZ Maori Pioneer Btn Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 23377 AWMM
  • Military service
    1916-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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
    20yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military Record

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 November 1971 Public Source
  • Date of death
    1 November 1971 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Age at death
    77yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Place of death
    Te Puia, East Coast, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R16792363
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      33: 27 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. 3: Includes portrait AWMM

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09 April 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
06 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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