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HARRISON, Ivo John
(Service number 6/2156)

Temuka War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #01)

Temuka War Memorial dedication inscription, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #05)

Temuka War Memorial plaque, names G-M, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Memorial Cross, St John's Church, Temuka, pictured in 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.24 #01)

Opihi College Roll of Honour — Made by Opihi College teacher David Ellena, 2015 (Courtesy of Kate Manson, Opihi College )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	1 October 1883	Place of Birth	Orari

Enlistment Information

Date	13 February 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	Greenhays, Temuka, New Zealand
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	John Harrison(father), Greenhays, Temuka, New Zealand
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	5th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	6/13/1915
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt 24 July- 6 August 1915

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian, Balkans (Gallipoli)
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	23 November 1915	Age	32
Place of Death	Buried at Sea
Cause	Died of Phthisis (tuberculosis)
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Canterbury Provincial Memorial, Christchurch, New Zealand
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour; Temuka War Memorial, Canterbury Provincial Memorial, Christchurch, NZ

Biographical Notes

Son of John and Anne Harrison, of Temuka. Served at Gallipoli.

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); rootsweb.ancestry.com/nzscant/defense.htm

External Links

Researched and Written by

Ann Munro (SC branch NZSG), David Batchelor, South Canterbury Museum

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