HARMER, James Joseph
(Service number 40807)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 03/08/1894 | Place of Birth | St Andrews, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 18 Coventry Street, Christchurch | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd | ||
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| Next of Kin | Frederick HARMER (Father), Makikihi; care of Mrs Arras, 16 Bank Street, 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 | 22nd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 16 February 1917 | ||
| Transport | Navua | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 11 April 1978 | Age | 83 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ashburton Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
James Joseph Harmer was born on 3 August 1894 at St Andrews, believed to be born James Alfred Harmer, the son of Frederick Albert Harmer (known as Albert and Fred) and Mary née Duffy. Mary died in February 1897, when young James was only 2½ years old. He had two older sisters, Margaret Alice marrying William Arras in 1913. His sister, Mrs W. Arras, received advice that her brother, Private J. J. Harmer, would return to New Zealand invalided, by hospital ship, reaching Lyttelton in early 1918. He had been wounded in the right arm on 12 Octobber 1917. James married Margaret Catherine Hutt in 1922.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 May 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [30 May 2020]; Timaru Herald, 22 January 1918, 2 February 1918 (Papers Past) [10 January 2016; 30 May 2020]; Ashburton Cemetery headstone image & burial record (Ashburton District Council) [30 May 2020]
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