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Harold RAY

Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:54:15+00:00
Date of birth06 December 1878
Date of death15 September 1916
Mothers nameSarah Anne (née Johnson)
Spouses nameUnmarried
Mothers date of birthabt 1849
Mothers date of death1886
Fathers date of birth1841
Mothers place of deathEngland
Fathers nameJohn Tanner Ray (remarried Matilda Harell 1890, NZ)
SiblingsRichard Percy Johnson (b abt 1870 d 1929), Amy Eleanor (b 1872), Josephine (b abt 1875, d 1961 Auckland, Hannah Winifred (b 1876), Lydia Maud (b 1877), Male child (? Francis b 1880), Kenneth (b ?1884)
Cause of deathKilled in action
Last known residenceWaiohoanga, Horowhenua
AwardsBritish War Medal, Victory Medal
Place of birthBradford, West Yorkshire, England
OccupationFarmer, self employed
Place of deathIn the Field, France
Date of arrival overseas02 May 1916
Theatres of warWestern Front
Place of embarkationWellington
SurnameRAY
War memorialFoxton School
Place enlistedTrentham
Christian namesHarold
Place of arrival overseasSuez, Egypt
Overseas memorialCaterpillar Valley (NZ) Memorial
WarsWW 1
Service number26/1687
ReligionC of E
Date enlisted11 December 1915
Final rankRifleman
Regiment or service4th Bn 3rd NZ Rifle Brigade "C" Coy
Embarkation date01 April 1916
User reference10.158

On Enlistment: Posted to H Coy 11th Infantry.

Declared age on Enlistment: 37 years.

Height: 5'8".

Weight: 136lb.

Chest: 33"-36".

Complexion: Dark.

Eyes: Brown.

Hair: Black.

NOK: Percy Ray (brother) Auckland Board of Education

24 September 1920 – Harolds sister Annie A Ray, 23 Beattie Street, Feilding, applied for the gratuity due to Harold. Medals were dispatched to Miss AA (?AE) Ray in 1923, 4 Fox St, Invercargill.

Also mentioned at St Margaret's Church, Te Horo.

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