Lionel William Baird Hall

Forenames

Lionel William Baird AWMM

Surname

Hall AWMM

Service number

• WWI 4/1081A AWMM
• WWI 4/541A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Arney Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Thomas Hall (father), Arney Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 4/1081A AWMM
• WWI 4/541A 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 Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Corporal AWMM
New Zealand Engineers AWMM

Death

12 Jun 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Motor Car Corner Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM A 13 AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F. 25.6.1919, p.1 AWMM

Memorial name

Memorial Plaque
St David's Presbyterian Church
68 Khyber Pass
Grafton
Auckland
New Zealand

Public - Helen - Researcher - 9 April 2015 - The Story of St David's Presbyterian Church by W. M Ryburn 1864-1964

Memorial name

• Memorial plaque, St Mark's Anglican Church, 95 Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• St David's Church, 68 Khyber Pass Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16790338
  Further Reference
• World War I Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. Auckland Council. Retrieved October 2017.
  https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/local-boards/all-local-boards/orakei-local-board/Documents/world-war-roll-honour.pdf
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=1530
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/92216/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/92216
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• 2015 news article about discovery of Lionel's medal
  
  https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/last-post-firs
  Public - Matthew - Researcher - 21 November 2018 - https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/last-post-first-light/74176413/online-sale-returns-ww1-medal-to-old-boys-school

References

• Included in the World War I Digital Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. The Ōrākei Local Board commissioned a World War I roll of honour for its area to commemorate the war’s centenary. The board welcomes additional information from the public on this project.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 294
• Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.: Records of Matters Concerning the Troops and Gazette of Patriotic Effort [London, England] : New Zealand War Contingent Association, [1916-1919]
  Obituary: Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F. 25.6.1919, p.1
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.