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We remember Alfred Leonard Harris
We remember Alfred Leonard Harris
Timeline
Timeline
1888
1915
enlistment
New Zealand
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19th October 1915
1916
hospitalisation
On the 21 September on the Western Front, Alfred Harris received gunshot wounds to his left thigh
Hospital/Institution
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21st September 1916
employment
Farmer
Self Employed
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service
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
6/3729
Canterbury Infantry Regiment
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service
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Private
6/3729
Canterbury Regiment
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theatres
Western Europe :1
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1916
death
Died of wounds
On the 21 September on the Western Front, Alfred Harris received gunshot wounds to his left thigh. He died of his wounds.
Brockenhurst, Hampshire
United Kingdom
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17th October 1916
burial
Hampshire
United Kingdom
Plot A, Row 1, Grave 11
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sibling
H C Harris
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location
Ohaeawai, Whangarei,
New Zealand
parents address
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Details
Details
Names
| Type | Name |
|---|---|
| First Names | Alfred Leonard |
| Initials | AL |
| Last Name | Harris |
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Gender
| Gender | Source |
|---|---|
| Male |
Locations
| Address | Country | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohaeawai, Whangarei, | New Zealand | parents address |
Contribution
Military Service
Military Service
| Service | Number | Unit | Section | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Expeditionary Force | 6/3729 | Canterbury Infantry Regiment | |||
| New Zealand Expeditionary Force | 6/3729 | Canterbury Regiment | Private |
Family
Parents
| Name | Relationship | Dates | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Jane | mother | ||
| Alfred William Harris | father |
Siblings
| Name | Relationship | Dates | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H C Harris | brother |
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War Graves at St Nicholas, BrockenhurstBrockenhurst in the New Forest in Hampshire was chosen in 1915 by the War Office to become a hospital centre. Initially, Lady Hardinge's Hospital, it was then replaced by No.1 New Zealand General Hospital in June 1916. It remained at Brockenhurst until it closed early in 1919. Approximately 21,000 New Zealand casualties were treated at the hospital, including 93 who died. The churchyard at Brockenhurst contains 106 graves of the First World War, of which one hundred are in the New Zealand plot. In addition to the 93 New Zealand graves, there are also three Indian and three unidentified Belgian civilians (employed at the Sopley Forestry camp). Every year at the annual Anzac Service in Brockenhurst cemetery the village remembers the ninety-three New Zealand soldiers buried there after dying of their wounds or sickness.
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Official Records
| Title | Connected by | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Online Cenotaph: New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
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Multimedia
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| War Graves at St Nicholas, Brockenhurst | Yvonne27542 |
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