Harry Needham

1876-1922

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.2

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1378

About

Born in England

28 June 1876
Residence

Hometown

Te Kuiti
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

W. Elliott, Te Kuiti
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • South African War (1899-1902)

    7th Contingent
  • South African War (1899-1902)

    9th Contingent
  • 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 45

    25 March 1922

    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 70/0085437, 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 Needham (1876-1922)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/621