TENNENT, Harold Douglas
(Service number 18912)
| First Rank | Second Lieutenant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 14 July 1882 | Place of Birth | Patea |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Petermarazburg, South Africa | ||
| Occupation | Agent | ||
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| Next of Kin | Robert Collings TENNENT (father), Bank of New South Wales, Invercargill | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 6th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, H. Company | ||
| Date | 26 July 1916 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata or Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 8 February 1951 | Age | 68 years |
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| Place of Death | Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Andersons Bay, Dunedin | ||
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Biographical Notes
Harold Douglas Tennent was the son of Robert Collings and Emily Mary (née Boor) Tennent. He was educated at Onehunga, Dunedn Normal School and Timaru Main School. Harold married Ruth Lois Cleeve-Edwards in 1919. Harold came home from South Africa to enlist. He was one of four brothers who served in World War I, the others being Leonard Cowper, Hugh Cowper and Kenneth Boor, and a cousin of Bernard Charles Tennent who died in 1918.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [07 July 2018]; NZ BDM indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [07 July 2018]; School Admission records (Dunedin Branch NZSG; South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [09 July 2018]; ref. Press, 28 July 1915 (Papers Past) [09 July 2018]
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