Ezra Hill Dalton

Forenames

Ezra Hill AWMM

Surname

Dalton AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/1414 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

25 Oct 1886 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 23 Aug 1915 AWMM C/o J. Blisset, Martinborough, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

Invalid/Civilian AWMM

Next of kin

William Ezra Dalton (father), Martinborough, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/1414 AWMM

Military service

New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 23 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM
Shearer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo AWMM Trooper AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 6.5 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  140 pounds AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  France, shot in the spine, 24 November 1917 AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Embarked for England 5 December 1917 AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Invalided to New Zealand on HS Maheno AWMM
• Other, WWI AWMM
  Nature of Injury: G.S.W., fract. spine, paralysis below dorsal region Percent of disability: 100 Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM
• Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Inter War 28 Apr 1920 AWMM
Discharged no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action, paraplegia AWMM
Private AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Son of Elizabeth Murray Dalton and William Ezra Dalton.

Transferred to the Pioneer Battalion 14 March 1916 and embarked with them to France.

Transferred to Otago Infantry Regiment, posted to 14 Company in the Field, 5 August 1917.

Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Trentham Military Hospital AWMM

Death

24 Aug 1940 AWMM
Age  53 AWMM

Cause of death

Died from Natural Causes AWMM

Cemetery

Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Section Soldiers Plot number 3 A/3 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Cemetery Records. Wellington City Council.
  http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/search/search.php
  Sources Used
• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20995043
  Further Reference
• Obituary: Example of courage. Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 50, 27 August 1940, Page 11
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19400827.2.126&srpos
  Obituary
• Death note & Portrait: Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 52, 29 August 1940, Page 9
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19400829.2.49.6&srpos
  Sources Used
• Death notice: Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 49, 26 August 1940, Page 1
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19400826.2.4&srpos
  Sources Used

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 172
• Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand
  Cemetery register no. 89784
• New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer).
• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.