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Ezra Hill Dalton

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 172 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 172 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ezra Hill AWMM
  • Surname
    Dalton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 9/1414 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 October 1886 AWMM Martinborough, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 23 August 1915 AWMM C/o J. Blisset, Martinborough, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Invalid/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    William Ezra Dalton (father), Martinborough, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 23 August 1915 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Shearer/Civilian AWMM
    Wellington, New Zealand 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
    • 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 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
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 August 1940 AWMM
    Age 53 AWMM
    Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Section Soldiers Plot number 3 A/3 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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