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FITZHARRIS, Patrick
(Service number 7/43)

1st Contingent 8th S.C.M.R. to leave Waimate for the 1914-1918 War — Pictured are:
Back: Rainey, G; Frost, R; Julian, W; Cochrane, John; Tennant, John; Cochrane, James; Nichol N; Cameron, C; Robins; Rickman, E A; ?
3rd R: McKenzie, J (alexander John); Duggan, M; Tobin ,J; Tavendale, W; Campbell, J; Gynes; Hodgson, J; McKenzie, R S (Percy?); Samuels, H [actually Henry Samuel Miniss]; Copland; Fitzharris, P; Gill, J
2nd R: Fraser; Whitta, J H; Carr, J; Manchester, A R; Wain, P J; Finlay, John; Bailey, G C; Sloan, P; Bell, N; Menzies, W; Spencer, E; Ryan, E
Front: McGrath, W; Keane, T; Wall, T; Hunt; ?; Hogan, H (Courtesy of Waimate Museum & Archives, P2183 )

A colourised portrait of Patrick Fitzharris on his horse 'Cock Robin', taken at Hagley Park prior to their departure. (Courtesy of B Fitzharris )

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	05/09/1890	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date	13 August 1914	Age	24
Address at Enlistment	Morven, Waimate, New Zealand
Occupation	Ploughman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	John Fitzharris, Morven, Waimate, New Zealand
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Gallipoli, France
Service Medals	1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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	2 March 1919	Reason	No longer physically fit

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Hospitalised 6 July 1915 with influenza; 9 June 1917 with Diptheria; 7 July 1918 with Malaria; Sent home sick 26 December 1918

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	10 April 1971	Age
Place of Death	Waimate
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	St Patrick's (Waimate) Memorial list (June 2015)

Biographical Notes

Son of John and Margaret Fitzharris. Married Margaret Mary O'Reilly in 1929

Sources

Cenotaph, Archives NZ, BDM NZ

External Links

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum); Liz Shea, SC branch NZSG

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