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Ernest Sydney Harrison

1890-1944

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37605

About

Born in New Zealand

21 September 1890
Parents

Mother

Edna Harrison

Father

William Thomas Harrison
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Westport Coal Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 54

2 December 1944

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5539 89/0051348, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Ernest Sydney Harrison (1890-1944)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/353

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