HARRISON, John
(Service number 28339)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
|---|
Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth | Ireland |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | George Innes(friend), Masterton, NZ | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 18th Reinforcements, J Company | ||
| Date | 10 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Plymouth, England |
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | 18th Reinforcements | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | |||
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 |
Death
| Date | 6 October 1918 | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Andersons Bay Cemetery, Tomahawk Road, Dunedin, NZ. Lot 66 | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
John Harrison was born in Ireland
Sources
Cenotaph Data Base, Auckland Museum, Archives
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Ann Munro (SC branch NZSG)
Currently Assigned to
Not assigned.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.
Tell us more
Do you have information that could be added to this story? Or related images that you are happy to share? Submit them here!