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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Hugh Dale

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh AWMM
  • Surname
    Dale AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 2339 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Timaru, Canterbury Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 17 September 1914 AWMM 'Hazeldene', George Street, Burwood, New South Wales AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    J Armstrong, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 17 September 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 2339 AWMM
  • Military service
    Served for 8 years in the New Zealand Mounted Rifles. AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 10.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      184 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915.
    Transferred to and taken on strength of 28th Company, Australian Army Service Corps, Alexandria, 3 March 1916. Promoted Corporal, 1 April 1916; Sergeanr, 12 June 1916.
    Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 24 June 1916.
    Admitted to 36th Casualty Clearing Station, 21 November 1916 (pyrexia, unknown origin); transferred by Ambulance Train No 24 to 12th General Hospital, Rouen, 25 November 1916; to 2nd Convalescent Depot, 2 December 1916; to England, 13 February 1917. Marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 17 February 1917.
    Commenced return to Australia from Devonport on board HT 'Runic', 4 May 1917 (bronchitis); arrived Melbourne, 5 July 1917, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit), 11 August 1917.
    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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