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HARRISON, Alexander John
(Service number 54038)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	26/12/1889	Place of Birth	Orari

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Greenhayes, Temuka
Occupation	Fruit grower
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Miss K. HARRISON (sister), Greenhayes, Temuka
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	27th Reinforcements, F Company
Date	16 July 1917
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

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Military Awards

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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
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Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Civil servant

Death

Date	15 June 1968	Age	78 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alexander John Harrison was the son of John and Annie Harrison, of Temuka. His brother Ivo died of disease at sea in 1915, and brother Herbert also served in World War One embarking with Alexander.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [23 March 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [23 March 2017]

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