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Harry Smith

Birthdate:
Birthplace: England (United Kingdom)
Death: December 28, 1950 (38-47)
Tauranga Harbour, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand (Ranui Shipwreck)
Place of Burial: Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of Harry Francis Smith and Annie Smith
Husband of Ruby Smith
Father of Phillip Henry Gordon Smith

Occupation: deckhand
Managed by: Private User
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About Harry Smith

  • Just after 5.40pm on 28 December 1950 a freak wave slammed into 45ft passenger launch Ranui when she was returning from a holiday excursion to Tūhua | Mayor Island off Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty. 22 people died.
  • SMITH Harry 42 Married Cameron Road, Tauranga Deckhand on the Ranui
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Harry Smith's Timeline

1907
1907
England (United Kingdom)

Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1916/9985).

1931
February 5, 1931
Hastings, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
1950
December 28, 1950
Age 43
Tauranga Harbour, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand

Death Registration Number: (reg. 1951/18429).

December 30, 1950
Age 43
Tauranga Anglican Cemetery, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand