John Henry Davis Burnand (2 December 1850 – 25 March 1919), known as Harry Burnand, was a New Zealand engineer and sawmiller. He was born in London, England on 2 December 1850. He was an engineer at Poro-o-tarao tunnel from 1887. He was a director of Ellis and Burnand from 1903, formed with John William Ellis, which was initially based in Ōtorohanga. The company had sawmills and logging railways, such as the

Ellis and Burnand Tramway, Ongarue The Ellis & Burnand Tramway was from 1922 to 1958 a long bush tramway near Ongarue in the central North Island of New Zealand with a gauge of . Route The construction of the rail track started in 1922, after J. W. Ellis and Harry Burnand ...

, in many surrounding areas. It later became part of the company now trading as

PlaceMakers PlaceMakers is the trading name of Fletcher Distribution Limited, the retail trading arm of Fletcher Building in New Zealand. PlaceMakers also manufactures wall frames, roof trusses and structural components at various frame and truss operation ...

. His younger son, Harry, was killed in France in 1917 during the First World War. He died suddenly at Mangapehi and is buried in Taumarunui Cemetery. He had been suffering from heart problems. An obituary said he was 65 years old.

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Biographies of other Ellis & Burnand directors -
Henry Valder – Te Ara Encyclopedia of NZJ W Ellis obituary - 1918 Auckland StarEllis & Burnand
was bought by Fletcher, now trading as

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