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STOREY, Robert Harry Gordon
(Service number 14159)

Opihi College Roll of Honour
Opihi College Roll of Honour
Rangitata Island School Honours Board
Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011
Waimate War Memorial (right panel), pictured in 2011
Aliases Harry
First Rank Sergeant Last Rank Corporal

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation School Teacher
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs Elizabeth Storey (mother) 33 Trafalgar Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation NZ Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 5th Reinforcemetns, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date 26 June 1916
Transport HMNZT 56, 57 Maunganui, Tahiti
Embarked From Wellington Destination Devonport, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Otago Infantry Battalion, 2 Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

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

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 15 June 1917 Age 23
Place of Death Belgium
Cause Killed in action
Notices Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16274, 29 June 1917, Page 6
Memorial or Cemetery Prowse Point Military Cemetery, Commines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Memorial Reference I.A.4
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour (as H STOREY); Waimate First World War Memorial; Rangitata Island School Honours Board; Temuka War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Elizabeth Storey 28 Trafalgar Street, Timaru

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Researched and Written by

Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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