Harold Clarence De Ridder

Gunner

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Brother of Mr. P. G. De Ridder, of Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Born in Liverpool, England, He attested in Wellington on 13th August 1914 and trained in NZ until his departure for Gallipoli in April 1915. A gunshot wound to the thigh in August 1915 had him evacuated to the UK and New End Military Hospital, where he recovered and returned to Moascar Camp in Egypt in January 1916, where he was promoted to Corporal.

He remained in Egypt until embarking for France in April 1916 and taken on the strength on 1st Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery at the Somme where he reverted to the ranks at his own request.

On 28th May 1917 he had leave to the UK until 4th August, when he rejoined his Battery which served at Messines and Paschendaele. In November 1917 he was sent to the UK “on duty” and left from Etaples camp to join the New Zealand Depot at Aldershot where he worked for 5 months.

In April 1918 he was again sent back to France, but was in hospital at Etaples within a few days, suffering from Influenza, passing away on 11/11/1918.

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Casualty

Service Number:

2/489

Name:

Harold Clarence De Ridder

Name variation:

Derrider (Attestation papers (own signature) )

Rank:

Gunner

Date of Birth:

07 February 1892

Place of Birth:

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Next of Kin:

T. de Ridder (brother), Building Station, Crown Creek, Wellington, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

Care of Bank of New Zealand, Petone, New Zealand

Employer:

Bank of New Zealand

Unit:

New Zealand Field Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of disease

Date of Death:

11 November 1918

Day of Death:

Monday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Main Body

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

16 October 1914

Transport:

HMNZT 7
HMNZT 10

Vessel:

Limerick or Arawa

Destination:

Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Etaples Military Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

XLIX. E. 32.

Cemetery Location:

France