Arthur Hacker

Forenames

Arthur AWMM

Surname

Hacker AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/487 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

29 Dec 1886 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Pukekohe, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Elizabeth Hacker, 6 Corporation Street, Swindon, England AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/487 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 10" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  164 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

• Killed in action, Walker's Ridge, 19 May 1915.
  Next of kin listed as Mrs Elizabeth Hacker in Nominal Rolls
  
  Next of Kin: Mr E. T. Hacker, Welland, Ontario, Canada (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
• Should be Miss Elizabeth Hacker, his sister and my great aunt.
  Public - Paul - Other relative - 8 September 2018 - My father knew of his aunt Elizabeth and also there is a record in family papers.

Death

19 May 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Walker's Ridge Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM I. B. 6. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16789860
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/604746/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/604746
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 290
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.