WYATT, Harold
(Service number 25/705)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 25/01/1895 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 8 Macrae Street, Mornington | ||
| Occupation | Tramcar conductor | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Miss Ethel WYATT (sister), C/o J. R. Blackler, 125 Main Road, Ravensbourne, Dunedin | ||
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 | 3rd Battalion, Machine-gun Section | ||
| Date | 5 February 1916 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | Rifle Brigade | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
| Date | 11 January 1971 | Age | 75 years |
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| Place of Death | Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Harold Wyatt was the younger son of Albert and Mary (née Whiting) Wyatt. His older brother died in infancy. He had two sisters - Ethel and Thelma. harold was educated at Kingsdown and Timaru South school. Harold's father died in 1904 and his mother remarried in 1905, to Edwin Still. She had two daughters by Edwin, the older one dying at 2 years of age, and buried at the northern Cemetery, Dunedin, her father Edwin with her. After Edwin's death in 1911, she married John William Craven. Fanny Still continued her schooling in Dunedin as Fanny Craven. In 1919 she left for Australia; her mother too? Harold married Elizabeth Jane Rainham on 21 April 1919 at Dunedin. Their younger son was next-of-kin when he died in 1971.
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