William Edward George Hayden

Forenames

William Edward George AWMM

Surname

Hayden AWMM

Service number

4772 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1918

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Birth notes

Son of William Herbert and Agnes Hayden, of Rotorua

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Public Works Department, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs A. Hayden (mother), Wylie Street, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 05 Jan 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

4772 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Stores Clerk/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 19 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
19 Infantry Battalion AWMM

William Hayden was the son of William Herbert and Agnes Hayden, of Rotorua, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

20 May 1941 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 6. E. 3. AWMM

Obituary

HAYDEN.— ()n M.ay 20th 1941, killed in Action Corpora! William Edward George, 4772 Fir.st Echelon, beloved oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W H Hayden, of Wylie Street. Rotorua. and loved brother of Alice, l/2/104 Kenneth, Rosina, Noel, Jocelyn; aged 23yrs —So young, so tender, so loving, the lad we loved so well.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 July 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME LXXVIII, ISSUE 24032, 1 AUGUST 1941, PAGE 1

Memorial name

• Rotorua Citizens War Memorial (World War 2) AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/936762
  Sources Used
• Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-19Ba.html
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 1: WW2 78
• Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.