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HARTE, Walter Arthur Gordon
(Service number 6/470)

Private W G Harte — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

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	Walter at enlistment; Walter Gordon in newspaper reports
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	07/06/1894	Place of Birth	Winchester, Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	14 August 1914	Age	20 yrs 3 mths
Address at Enlistment	Springfield Road, Temuka
Occupation	Carpenter
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	H. F. HARTE (father), Springfield Road, Temuka
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 ft 71/4 in. Weight 34-37 in.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns	Gallipoli
Service Medals	1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
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	8 May 1915	Age	20 yrs
Place of Death
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Twelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Tree Cemetery, Helles, Turkey. Memorial, Temuka Cemetery (parents' headstone)
Memorial Reference	16. 1. 11. Temuka - General Section, Row 145, Plot 542.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru (as HARTE W.); Temuka War Memorial; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour.

Biographical Notes

Youngest son of Herbert Ferrand & Charlotte Myrtle (nee MANSELL) HARTE, of Wai-iti Road, Timaru, previously of Temuka, South Canterbury, & of Winchester. Educated at Temuka District High School. Very interested in swimming; very successful rifle shot. No evidence of a will.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [11 August 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0051617) [17 November 2013]; ; CWGC [11 August 2013]; Otago Daily Times, 17 June 1915 (Papers Past) [22 July 2013]; Press. 15 June 1915; North Otago Times, 18 June 1915, Orago Daily Times, 16 June 1915, 16 June 1915 (P P) [17 November 2013, 19 November 2013]; TDC headstone image [17 November 2013].

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