Topic: AIF - NZMRB - WMR
WMR Regiment
Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Roll of Honour
Maurice Alfred Harding
A brief military biography of Maurice Alfred Harding
Address: Club Hotel, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Conflict: 1914-1918.
Embarkation details: Unit embarked fromWellington, New Zealand, on board HMNZT 35 Willochra on 13 November 1915.
Embarkation Roll Page: Volume I, 302.
Embarkation Unit name: Wellington Mounted Rifles, 7th Reinforcement.
Fate: Killed in Action 23 December 1916.
Marital status: Single.
Next of kin: Mrs Mary Alma Harding, P.O. Box 106, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Place of death or wounding: Magdhaba, Sinai Peninsular, Egypt.
Rank at death: Lieutenant [Lt].
Rank on enlistment: Lieutenant.
Regimental number: 11/1875.
Unit from Nominal Roll: Wellington Mounted Rifles.
Lest we forget
Sources Used:
The Cenotaph Database hosted by the Auckland Museum.
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919.CWGC files, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register.
Collected Records of Steve Becker.
Further Reading:
Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Magdhaba, Sinai, December 23, 1916, Roll of Honour, Australia and New Zealand
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: Wellington Mounted Rifles, Roll of Honour, Maurice Alfred Harding
