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Topic: William Harcourt Lochhead (1895-1918)

Te Puna farmer William Harcourt Lochhead died of gunshots wounds to the head in Palestine on 11 May 1918.

William Harcourt Lochhead was born in Tauranga on 28 June 1895. His parents were Thomas and Elizabeth, farmers from Te Puna.

William was an athlete as well as farming on his parents farm. He had previously been a member of the Waikato Mounted Rifles.

He enlisted on 8 March 1916 in the Auckland Mounted Rifles, Machine Gun Squadron (Service No. 16103). His last rank held was Trooper.

He died of gunshots wounds to the head in Palestine on 11 May 1918, aged 22.

See the page on his older brother: Thomas Leslie Lochead.

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First Names:	William Harcourt
Last Name:	Lochhead
Date of Birth:	28 June 1895
Place of Birth:	Tauranga
Country of birth:	New Zealand
Date of death:	11 May 1918
Place of death:	Palestine
Place of burial:	Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Occupation:	Farmer
Fathers name:	Thomas Lochhead
Mothers name:	Elizabeth
Military Service:	World War I (1914-1918)