Historical records matching Lieut. Harry Bolton Riley
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About Lieut. Harry Bolton Riley
Harry Bolton Riley was born in Collingwood, Nelson, the son of William Calverly Riley and Susan Riley (née Trist) who had married in 1858. In 1905 he and Doris Ellen Prussing married. During World War I Harry served with the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion. His brother Walter Cecil Riley was killed in action at Gallipoli on 8 August 1915. Harry was killed in action at the Somme on 2 October 1916, aged 40, and is remembered on the Caterpillar Valley New Zealand Memorial.
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- Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
- New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohR.html / Ref 15.4.2021
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Lieut. Harry Bolton Riley's Timeline
| 1875 |
October 20, 1875
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Collingwood, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand
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| 1916 |
October 2, 1916
Age 40
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Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
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October 2, 1916
Age 40
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Caterpillar Valley New Zealand Memorial, Albert, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
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