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William Ernest Harrison

1876-1930

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1428

About

Born in England

14 June 1876
Residence

Hometown

Shannon
Work

Occupation

Foundryman

Employer

Levin & Company, Flaxmill, Makarua
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 53

20 May 1930

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 90/0051465, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 5.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “William Ernest Harrison (1876-1930)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/355

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