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Nathaniel Hale

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/1486 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Nat Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Military Record
    • NATHANIEL GOODHUE HALE Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery records
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 4th NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Photo of Godfrey Alexander Fairlie Sgt 16/982 of Tokomaru Bay with Nataniel Hale Pte 16/1486 of Tolaga Bay. Image kindly provided by Lorraine James (May 2022).

Photo of Godfrey Alexander Fairlie Sgt 16/982 of Tokomaru Bay with Nataniel Hale Pte 16/1486 of Tola …

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Identity

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  • Title
    Corporal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Nathaniel AWMM
  • Surname
    Hale AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Nat Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Military Record
    • NATHANIEL GOODHUE HALE Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery records
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1486 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 June 1891 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1 June 1891 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Tolaga Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of William Frederic & Annie Gertrude HALE of Maungatuna, Tolaga Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Tolaga Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A.G. Hale (mother), Tolaga Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single
    1919 married Mary Margaret Kennelly Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Military Record & Research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    • 15 March 1916 at Narrow Neck Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Farmer for Hon. A T Ngata at Kahukura (Tikitiki) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    24yrs 9mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Military Record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
    Pleurisy and pneumonia AWMM

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Biographical information

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  • Son of William Frederic and Annie Gertrude Hale

    Four sons enlisted William Fredrick Hale (43121) the eldest; Harold Hale (12781); Nathaniel Hale (16/1486) all survived the war; Eric Hale (16/5) killed in action.

    It is believed, family write, his lungs were weakend as a consequence of repeated bouts of bronchitis in the trenches in France.

    The Auckland Museum Library's manuscripts collection holds a photograph of Nathaniel Hale in uniform. [Ref. MS 2010/7]

    Member of the Maori Pioneer Battalion attached to the New Zealand Tunnelling Company.

    43 members of the NZ (Maori) Pioneers served with the New Zealand Tunnelling Company and assisted in the late 1916 early 1917 preparations of the Arras caverns for the Battle of Arras. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    1927 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
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  • Date of death
    16 August 1927 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery records
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Cook Hospital, Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery records
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Tolaga Bay Cemetery, Tolaga Bay, East Coast Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery records
  • Grave reference
    Block TOL1/A; Plot 14; Warrant # 118 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery records
  • Obituary
    • HALE. —At Cook Hospital, Gisborne, on August 16. 1927. .Nathaniel Goodhue, fourth son of Annie and the late William Hale, of Tolaga Bay; aged 36 years. R.I.P. The funeral will leave the Catholic Church, Tolaga Bay, at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday), August 17, for
      Tolaga Bay Cemetery. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 March 2024 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME LIII, ISSUE 16420, 16 AUGUST 1927, PAGE 6
    • The death occurred this morning at the Cook Hospital of Mr. Nathaniel Hale, fourth son of Mrs. Annie and the late Mr. William Frederick Hale, of Tolaga Bay. Deceased, who was born in Tolaga, was a highly popular member of the coastal community, and had a host of friends in Gisborne, where he frequently spent short periods. He was engaged in bush work until the last few days, and fell a victim to pleurisy; his removal to Cook Hospital occurred yesterday, and at an early hour this morning passed away. Mrs. Nathaniel Hale predeceased her husband by five weeks, having suffered a long illness. Four young children survive the death of their parent's, and widespread sympathy will be felt for them. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 March 2024 - OBITUARY
      POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME LIII, ISSUE 16420, 16 AUGUST 1927, PAGE 8
  • Memorial name
    Tikitiki Church War Memorial (under the listing of WWI - those that died at Home) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 February 2016 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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

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23 March 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
03 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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