Forenames

Walter Ernest AWMM

Surname

Hall AWMM

Service number

WWI 7/603 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

19 Oct 1894 AWMM

Date of birth

19 October 1884

Public - Brian James - Researcher - 7 September 2021 - WW1 service record (plus, he would have been 5 when he left for SA if 1894 was correct.

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Matawai, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Herbert Edwin Hall (father), Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 7/603 AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Road contractor/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa 08 Feb 1902 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  Cornwall Ministry for Culture and Heritage Vessel was Cornwall AWMM 8th Contingent, F squadron Ministry for Culture and Heritage New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 8th Contingent AWMM
• WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 4 or HMNZT 11 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Athenic AWMM Trooper AWMM Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM

Sergeant Hall was the son of Herbert Edwin and E. A. Hall, of Hatuma Road, Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay.

Served in Egypt, 1914-16 and at Gallipoli, 1915.

Next of Kin: c/o Mr A. Strawbridge, Marton (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

25 Dec 1918 AWMM

Cemetery

Shortland Public Cemetery, Thames, Thames-Coromandel District, New Zealand AWMM Plot 3672 AWMM

Memorial name

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

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16790396
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20520558
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643259/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643259
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
  http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
  Sources Used

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 295
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Stowers, R. (2011). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and biographical information on all members of the 10 New Zealand Contingents. 7th Updated Edition. Hamilton, N.Z.; Richard Stowers; 2011.
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18