Charles Benjamin Harrison

Forenames

Charles Benjamin AWMM

Surname

Harrison AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/66 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

10 Sept 1890 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Hunua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

A.G. Harrison, Maungaturoto, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/66 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Son of Mr and Mrs A. G. Harrison of 22 Ariki St, Grey Lynn, Auckland.

Next of Kin: Mr A. C. Harrison, Grey Lynn, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Maungaturoto Congregational Church Cemetery, Gorge Road, Maungaturoro, Northland AWMM
• Maungaturoto & Districts Roll of Honour
  
  Maungaturoto Memorial
  
  Otamatea District WW1 Memorial
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 19 February 2019 - Memorial search

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16792261
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680014/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680014
  Further Reference
• Dr Christopher Pugsley. Names not numbers. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 15 April 2020
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/anzac-day-2020/names-not-numbers
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 307
• 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
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.