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| Registration | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Mother's Given Name(s) | Father's Given Name(s) | Still Birth | |
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| 1918/6638 | Harper | Claude Henry | Margaret Robinson | Charles Alfred | - | Order Product |
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Claude Henry Harper
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World War II, 1939-1945
Son of Charles Alfred and Margaret Robinson Harper, of Auckland
Sergeant C. H. Harper, MM; born Auckland, 8 Apr 1918; ship repairer; died of wounds 30 Nov 1941. (Source: McClymont, W.G. To Greece. p.351.)
'The movement of the infantry from their camouflaged positions soon attracted the attention of the German mortars and light artillery. Some haste and confusion developed and one of the armoured cars when it reached the highway was destroyed by shellfire, but before long the force was clear. Two tanks had held the road, Sergeant Harper had brought in one of the anti-tank guns from an exposed position and Second-Lieutenant Hill had with great coolness assisted in embussing the infantry and withdrawing the six anti-tank guns. Sergeant C. H. Harper, MM; born Auckland, 8 Apr 1918; ship repairer; died of wounds 30 Nov 1941.; 2nd Divisional Artillery - Lee had left another rearguard at Fourka, however, and this, too, had no anti-tank guns. So Sweetzer's six remaining guns went into action in defence of the Fourka Pass. Here they suffered more than air attack; for the enemy brought up artillery and made liberal use of mortars. Tanks also appeared and were engaged by tanks with Lee Force. As the engagement was warming up word came that all other troops were safely past Lamia and this final rearguard could withdraw. The injudicious dissemination of these orders to men engaged with the enemy (though not, again, to Sweetzer) caused something of a panic as infantry raced to their vehicles. In the midst of the storm the six guns of 33 Battery attracted much fire and could not reply to it. The anti-tankers responded splendidly and two of them were decorated later for what they did here: Lance-Sergeant Harper (MM) and Second-Lieutenant Hill (MC). One gunner was not decorated but rebuked for indifference to danger that amounted to foolhardiness. Harper's citation reads in part that his gun position,
‘owing to the sudden retirement of the infantry and MG platoon, was exposed to accurate observed fire of enemy 5-9-inch infantry guns. In withdrawing his gun L/Sergeant Harper showed the utmost coolness and parade precision in giving his orders and seeing them carried out, with the result that his gun and detachment were enabled to get out from what appeared to be an impossible position. On reaching the position of assembly, to which the shelling had switched, this NCO again showed marked coolness in holding his men together in spite of a general panic of infantry and tanks….’ ' (Source: McClymont, W.G. To Greece. p. 351.; Murphy, W.E. 2nd NZ Divisional Artillery. p. 73.)
08 Apr 1918
Single
Mr C.A. Harper (father), 2 Richmond Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
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30 Nov 1941
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)
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Claude Henry Harper 🔍 ASHSource: Kiwi Collection copyright The New Zealand Society of Genealogists / with the kind permission of the NZSG
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| HARPER, Claude Henry 🔍 | 30 Nov 1941 | Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cenotaph |
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| Registration | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Born (approx.) | Age at Death (approx.) | |
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| 1945/50438 | Harper | Claude Henry | 1922 | 23Y | Order Product |
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| Snippet / Name | ✨ Notice Summary | Date | Found In | PDF Links |
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| ...son. 22355 Lance-Sergeant Claude Henry Harper. 7714 Lance-Sergeant Dou... | 🛡️ Awards approved by His Majesty the King | 11 September 1944 | NZ Gazette |
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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force
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| Name | Army No. | Vol. | Rank | Unit | Single? | Enlisted at | Occupation | Last NZ Address | Next of Kin |
| 🌳 Claude Henry Harper | 22355 | 2 | Gunner | 7th Anti-Tank Regiment, N.Z. Artillery | Single | Auckland | Ship-repairer | 2 Richmond (Nelson) Rd., Ponsonby | Mr. C.A. Harper, 2 Richmond (Nelson) Rd., Ponsonby (father) |
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Masterton Library Wairarapa Archive
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