Forenames

Harold Samways AWMM

Surname

Lash AWMM

Service number

WWI 42809 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

18 Jan 1878 AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs S. Lash (mother), Rockville, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 42809 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Contractor/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Apr 1917-28 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 82 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Private AWMM 24th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Harold Lash was the brother of Hubert D. Lash, of Nelson St., Hamilton East, Waikato, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr H. D. Lash, Hamilton E, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

12 Oct 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• 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/R18059012
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847788/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847788
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/3134
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  60: 5
• 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
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• HMNZT 82 - The Pakeha (Mark III) : being the journal of the Left Wing of the 24th New Zealand Reinforcements. Burge, W.R. (William Ralph), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 24th Reinforcements : 1917