HARRIS, Gordon Roy
(Service number 3/3357)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
|---|
Birth
| Date | 12/01/1896 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | 3 Walton Street, Sydenham, Christchurch | ||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Henry Richard HARRIS (father), Orbell Street, Highfield, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 26th Reinforcements (First Draft, New Zealand Medical Corps | ||
| Date | 9 June 1917 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | NZ Medical Corps | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | |||
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 |
Death
| Date | 24 October 1971 | Age | 75 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Gordon Roy Harris was born on 12 January 1896 at Timaru, the older son of Henry (Harry) Richard and Alice Margaret (née Wright) Harris. He was educated at Washdyke School, going on to the and High School in 1910. Gordon was in hospital in January 1918, his reported as a severe case. He married Sadie Ellen Scales in 1931. Gordon died on 24 October 1971 at Timaru and is buried with his parents in the Timaru Cemetery.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 May 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [30 May 2020]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [30 May 2020]; Timaru Herald, 2 February 1918 (Papers Past) [10 January 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [30 May 2020]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [30 May 2020]
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Currently Assigned to
Not assigned.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.
Tell us more
Do you have information that could be added to this story? Or related images that you are happy to share? Submit them here!