HARRIS, David Gordon
(Service number 28882)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 05/03/1893 | Place of Birth | Invercargill |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Morgans Road, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Next of Kin | R. HARRIS (father), Morgans Road, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 18th Reinforcements, J Company | ||
| Date | 11 October 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 22 October 1962 | Age | 69 years |
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| Place of Death | Waimate | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Lawn Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
David Gordon Harris was the son of Richard and Sarah (née Hughes) Harris, the twelfth child in a family of seventeen. Richard and Sarah are buried at Timaru. David was educated at Kennington School in Southland before moving to Waimataitai School, Timaru, in mid 1905. David married Ivy COLWILL in 1919. His brother George Albert Harris also enlisted for World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [28 December 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (department of Internal affairs) [21 December 2019]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [28 December 2019]; Waimate Lawn Cemetery headstone transcription [28 December 2019]
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