Corporal

Henry Gordon Bland

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Thomas and Hester Bland, of 14, Cornwall St., Island Bay, Wellington. Went to Samoa with the Advance Guard.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
26/48
Name:
Henry Gordon Bland
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs I. Bland, Caprera Street, Melrose, Wellington, New Zealand|Thomas Bland (father), Defence Department, Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Caprera Street, Melrose, Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Hardware assistant
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 4 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
15 September 1916
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Bodies of Embarkation:

Samoan Advance Party
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:

HMNZT 1
HMNZT 2
HMNZT 42
HMNZT 43
HMNZT 44
Vessels:

Moeraki or Monowai
Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua
Destinations:

Apia, Samoa
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
France
Henry Gordon Bland
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