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Dawson Vivian Hanna

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Dawson Hannah as 'Napoleon on the roof', St. Helena (ca.1916). Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-ALB-342-p18-2. Image has no known copyright.

Dawson Hannah as 'Napoleon on the roof', St. Helena (ca.1916). Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki …

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Dawson Vivian AWMM
  • Surname
    Hanna AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Hannah AWMM
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1880 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 4 Domain Drive Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 November 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 10 November 1916 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Annie Hanna and Samuel Dawson Hanna.

    Husband os Elsie Hanna (nee Sweet).

    Promoted to Lieutenant 10 November 1917.

    Name spelled as Hanna on the photograph

    Palmer recruit enlisted at Auckland in 1916 brother to Samuel Hanna? - reported as serving in RNVR in September 1918 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1943 AWMM
    Age 63 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died from Natural Causes AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      45: 22 AWMM
    • National Archives (UK), Kew AWMM
    • Attestation papers are held at Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton AWMM
    • McEwan, J. (1995). Auckland Rockies : a history of Auckland's Naval Reserves from 1858-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Pyramid Press. AWMM
    • Steadman Album Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-ALB-342. AWMM
    • Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. AWMM

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