Henry Waters

1888-1942

Unit

Main Body (Section No.4)

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1556

About

Born in New Zealand

30 September 1888
Residence

Hometown

Kaitangata
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

Kaitangata Coal & Oil Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Kaitangata Rifles

    3 years in New Zealand

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 53

    27 February 1942

    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 W5557 49/0119392, 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, “Henry Waters (1888-1942)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/886