John Harper
Born 30 Apr 1889
- Service number
- WWI 20618 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
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- Forenames
- John AWMM
- Surname
- Harper AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 20618 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 30 Apr 1889 AWMM
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- Address before enlistment
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Mrs Emily Harper (mother), Nuku'alofa, Tonga, Pacific Islands AWMM
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 20618 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
- New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF), Rarotongan Contingent AWMM
Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Storekeeper/Civilian AWMM
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 19 Aug 1916-24 Oct 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 61 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Private AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Maxilla/cheek. Treated at The Queen's Hospital "Frognal", Sidcup. AWMM - Other, WWI AWMM
Nature of injury: G.S.W. face (self inflicted) and T.B. Lung Pension: [Not stated] Percent: 70 Source: New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
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Biographical information
- Enlisted 9 May 1916 and embarked in Wellington 19 August 1916 to disembark in Devonport, United Kingdom 25 October 1916. Admitted to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch 27 October 1916 until 12 November 1916. Left for France 9 January 1917 and on 14 January 1917 he was admitted to the 20th General Hospital. In 1917 he had numerous admissions to a variety of medical facilities for illness. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918. Embarked for Egypt 5 June 1918 and arrived at Alexandra 14 June 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918 and admitted to the 33rd Casualty Clearing Station at Jaffa on 2 August 1918 with malaria, transferred to 24th Stationary Hospital 3 August 1918 then 24th Stationary Hospital, Abbassia on 5 August 1918. Discharged Aotea Convalescent Home 18 August 1918. On 10 October 1918 he sustained a GSW (Guns Shot Wound) to the left side of his face and jaw, and was admitted to 76th Casualty Clearing Station at Ludd. Captain Bush's monthly report said this was a suicide attempt and left him with a "very severe wounds to head". Returned as an invalid on SS Malta and on board a Court of Enquiry found that this wound was self inflicted. He was certified as not fit to stand trial by Court Martial. In September 1919 he was a patient at the Woodside Jaw Hospital, Dunedin, and then the orthopaedic ward of Trentham Military Camp Hospital. He returned to Tonga 6 January 1922. His name appears on the Tongan War Memorial as Hapa. AWMM
About death
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16791843
Further Reference - NB: Content may disturb - Watercolour of Private Harper (4 October 1919). Artist: possibly Herbert Cole. MS0513/2/2/39. The Royal College of Surgeons of England, Museums and Archives.
http://surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk/Details/archive/110009798
Further Reference - Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
https://www.cookislandsonlinecenotaph.com/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
38: 40 - Liava'a, C. (2011). Koe Kau To'a Na'anau Poletu: valiant volunteers - soldiers from Tonga in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia.
- New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of 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 hospital patients; assessed as suffering permanent disability, and who are whilst in hospital, receiving full pensions. New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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