LCpl. Harold Hickling Preshaw

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LCpl. Harold Hickling Preshaw

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Invercargill, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
Death: July 31, 1917 (31)
Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium (World War I: Killed in Action)
Place of Burial: [Panel 25.], Mesen, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
Immediate Family:

Son of John Allen Preshaw and Chrestina Preshaw
Brother of Isabelle Elsie Worthington; William Bremner Preshaw; John Allan Ogilvy Preshaw; Mary Lydia May Preshaw; Marion Adams and 3 others

Occupation: Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion.
Find A Grave ID: 13808960
Service No: WWI 15772
Managed by: Jason Scott Wills
Last Updated:

About LCpl. Harold Hickling Preshaw

Harold Hickling Preshaw was the son of John Allen Preshaw (1841-1902) and Chrestina Preshaw (nee Bremner) (1845-1915) who had married in Hamiltons, Otago, New Zealand, on 9 January 1868. As both his parents had passed by the time he enlisted to serve during World War I, Harold's next of kin was given as his brother William Bremner Preshaw, of The Glen, Eketahuna, Wellington. L/Corporal in WIR, file number 15772. Killed in action, Ypres.

Sources

  1. Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
  2. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohP.html / Ref 14.4.2021
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LCpl. Harold Hickling Preshaw's Timeline

1886
June 25, 1886
Invercargill, Southland, South Island, New Zealand

Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1886/13721).

1917
July 31, 1917
Age 31
Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
July 31, 1917
Age 31
Messines Ridge New Zealand Memorial, [Panel 25.], Mesen, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium