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HARPER, Eric Tristram
(Service number 35694)

Aliases Eric Tristram Gerald
First Rank Sergeant Major Last Rank Trooper

Birth

Date 1 December 1878 Place of Birth Papanui, Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Barrister and solicitor
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status married
Next of Kin Mrs B A S Harper (wife) 8 Kilmore Street West, Christchurch
Religion RC
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation NZ Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 26th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles
Date 31 May 1917
Transport Moeraki then transhipped to " Port Lincoln" at Sydney for Suez
Embarked From wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Canterbury Mounted RIfles

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 30 April 1918 Age 40
Place of Death Also
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Reference Panel 1
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Woodbury Church Memorial (Canterbury Mounted Rifles)

Biographical Notes

Son of George and Agnes Margaret Harper of Christchurch. Husband of BeatriceAnn Sibella Randall, married Westminster RC Cathedra, London 27 July 1913, children Frederick George Strachey Harper born 25.3.1914 , Anne De Carteret Harper 12.11.1916 both born Christchurch, NZ. Educated Chch Boys High School and St Patricks College.Member of the All Blacks rugby team which toured Britain in 1905. All Black 1904-1906. Played cricket in the United Club's first eleven and later for the West Chch Club. Other brothers who also served Phillip Hamilton Harper, Cuthbert Strachey Harper, Robert Paul Harper, Edmund Harper died 1917) George Herbert Harper and Gordon Gerald Harper (died Egypt 1916 7/516).

Sources

Cenotaph

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