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Harry Ernest Meyer

1876-1957

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.2

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1364

About

Born in England

5 November 1876
Residence

Hometown

Waihi
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Waihi Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

A. Meyer

Army Experience

  • Ohinemuri Rifles

    New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Mentioned in Dispatches ribbon

    Mentioned in Dispatches
    For efficient and meritorious service.

    Death

    Died at the age of 80

    3 March 1957

    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 W5549 20/0080451, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 3.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Harry Ernest Meyer (1876-1957)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/578

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