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STOREY, Robert Harry Gordon
(Service number 14159)

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

Rangitata Island School Honours Board — (Courtesy of L Naughton )

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (right panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #02)

Aliases	Harry
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank	Corporal

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	School Teacher
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Elizabeth Storey (mother) 33 Trafalgar Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	NZ Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	5th Reinforcemetns, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	26 June 1916
Transport	HMNZT 56, 57 Maunganui, Tahiti
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Infantry Battalion, 2 Battalion

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	15 June 1917	Age	23
Place of Death	Belgium
Cause	Killed in action
Notices	Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16274, 29 June 1917, Page 6
Memorial or Cemetery	Prowse Point Military Cemetery, Commines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Memorial Reference	I.A.4
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour (as H STOREY); Waimate First World War Memorial; Rangitata Island School Honours Board; Temuka War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Elizabeth Storey 28 Trafalgar Street, Timaru

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Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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