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Harold Lewis Hay

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harold Lewis AWMM
  • Surname
    Hay AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Stack AWMM
  • Service number
    1659 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 May 1917 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 4 October 1939 AWMM Mountain Road, Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Hardware assistant/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs F. Hay (mother), Mountain Road, Mt Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Greece AWMM
    • 1941 Crete AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    1659 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Ngaruawahia AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 4 October 1939 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Hardware salesman/Civilian AWMM
    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
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Husband of Eva Mary Hay

      After the war he worked as a hardware assistant with John Burns and Company in Auckland

      Suffered a Stroke in 1974 and died 17 years later AWMM
    • Husband of Eva Margaret Hay not Mary

      They had six children and he was grandfather to 18 grandchildren.
      Despite his stroke he was physically active until towards the end of his life. Public - Hilary Joanna - Direct descendant - 21 July 2021 - I am his granddaughter
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Death

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  • Death
    30 July 1991 AWMM
    Age 74 AWMM
    Manurewa, Manukau City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Manukau Memorial Gardens Cemetery & Crematorium (Papatoetoe Cemetery), 357 Puhinui Road, Puhinui, Manukau City AWMM RSA Section Row 2L Plot 3 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 31 July 1991 AWMM
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

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Sources

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    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 78 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 31 July 1991 AWMM
    • Manukau Memorial Gardens Cemetery & Crematorium (Papatoetoe Cemetery), 357 Puhinui Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
      Cemetery register no. 5322 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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21 July 2021Hilary JoannaAuckland New ZealandDirect descendant

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