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Evered Rogers Hadfield

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 74), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 74), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Evered Rogers AWMM
  • Surname
    Hadfield AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 50700 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 4 March 1897 AWMM
    • 4 March 1897 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    4 March 1897 Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Military File
  • Place of birth
    Awaroa, Tasman Bays, Nelson Region. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Military File
  • Birth notes
    Son of William & Adele Hadfield - of Awaroa. William was born at Suffolk, England and Adele was born Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Military File
  • Address before enlistment
    Awaroa, Tasman. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Military File
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • W.W. Hadfield (father), Awaroa, New Zealand AWMM
    • William Hadfield - of Awaroa, Tasman. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Military File
  • Relationship status
    Single Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Military File

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 50700 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Employed by H. Baigent - at Awaroa, Tasman. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Military File
  • Age on enlistment
    20 years. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Military File.

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Served Egypt (1917-1919).
      Returned to New Zealand aboard HMT 'Kaikoura' - which left Suez, Egypt on 6 March 1919 - arriving New Zealand 12 June 1919.
      On November 20 1919 Evered - aged 22 years - was drowned when his dinghy overturned at Awaroa. He was 22 years of age. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Military File & Fairfax Media newspaper article.
    • Trooper Evered Rogers Hadfield (1897-1919).
      Service # 50700, Trooper, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 12th (Nelson) Squadron, 31st Reinforcements, 1NZEF.
      Born 4 March 1897 - at 'Awaiti', Awaroa, Nelson Bays.
      Youngest child of William & Adele Hadfield - of 'Awaiti', Awaroa, Nelson Bays.
      Prior to enlistment for war service Evered was employed as an Engine Driver - at the sawmill owned by H. Baigent at Totaranui, Nelson Bays.
      Evered enlisted for war service 20 March 1917 - at Nelson - aged 20 years.
      Trooper Hadfield embarked from New Zealand - for overseas war service - on 13 November 1917 -aboard troop transport ship HMNZT 98 'Tofua'.
      Trooper Hadfield disembarked at Suez on 21 December 1917.
      He served at Egypt 1917-1918.
      On 31 May 1918 Trooper Hadfield was posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Division, 10th (Nelson) Squadron, 1NZEF - at Moascar, Egypt.
      Between 13 June 1918 to 27 September 1918 Trooper Hadfield was admitted - sick with Malaria - to hospital at Abbassia, Egypt.
      On 6 March 1919 Trooper Hadfield was medically evacuated to New Zealand aboard HMT 'Kaikoura'.
      On 12 June 1916 Trooper Evered Hadfield was discharged from further war service with the 1NZEF - on account of illness contracted on active war service.
      6 months later - on 20 November 1919 - Evered Hadfield drowned at Awaroa Inlet, Nelson Bays - when the dinghy he was rowing cherries to a waiting ship - for the Nelson Christmas Market - overturned and Evered was drowned. His body was found by his family 3 days later in Awaroa Inlet. He was weeks away from marrying his childhood sweet-heart Eilleen Sears.
      At his death Evered Hadfield was 22 years of age. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 12 February 2022 - Military File and internet (family) sources.
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 December 1919 AWMM
  • Date of death
    20 November 1919 Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Papers Past death notice.
  • Age at death
    22 Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Papers Past death notice.
  • Place of death
    Awaroa, Tasman Bay. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Papers Past death notice.
  • Cause of death
    Drowned at Awaroa - when the dinghy he was in capsized. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Papers Past death notice.
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    See link at bottom of this profile : Papers Past. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 25 May 2017 - Papers Past death notice.
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12 February 2022JeniferWairarapaResearcher

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