ARMED FORCE / BRANCH Army
LAST RANK WW1 Private
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
WAR World War I, 1914-1918
BIRTH NOTES
Youngest child of Hiram and Julia (nee Rutland) Harris - Picton, New Zealand.
ADDRESS BEFORE ENLISTMENT
Endeavour Inlet, Picton
NEXT OF KIN ON EMBARKATION
Mrs B.E. Harris (wife), Endeavour Inlet, Picton, New Zealand
Stephen Harris was the husband of B. E. Harris, of Silverstream, New Zealand.
CAUSE OF DEATH
Died from mustard gas poisoning when he was fighting in France
He fought on the Western Front and was part of the first battalion of Canterbury Infantry Regiment. In the December he was overcome with Mustard Gas and taken to Hospital in England in January and died weeks later on 6 February 1918.
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH Army
LAST RANK WW1 Private
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
WAR World War I, 1914-1918
BIRTH NOTES
Youngest child of Hiram and Julia (nee Rutland) Harris - Picton, New Zealand.
ADDRESS BEFORE ENLISTMENT
Endeavour Inlet, Picton
NEXT OF KIN ON EMBARKATION
Mrs B.E. Harris (wife), Endeavour Inlet, Picton, New Zealand
Stephen Harris was the husband of B. E. Harris, of Silverstream, New Zealand.
CAUSE OF DEATH
Died from mustard gas poisoning when he was fighting in France
He fought on the Western Front and was part of the first battalion of Canterbury Infantry Regiment. In the December he was overcome with Mustard Gas and taken to Hospital in England in January and died weeks later on 6 February 1918.
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