Peter Ritchie McCall Hair

Forenames

Peter Ritchie McCall AWMM

Surname

Hair AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/2194 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

14 Aug 1896 Kiwi Jocks Research
83 Elba Lane, Glasgow, Lanarkshire AWMM

Next of kin

W. Hair (father), New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/2194 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Nurseryman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 01 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 49 or HMNZT 50 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM 5th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Peter Hair was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hair, of Cardwell St., New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr W. Hair, New Lynn, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

15 Aug 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM I. F. 37. AWMM

Memorial name

• New Lynn RSA, 2 Veronica Street, New Lynn 0600 AWMM
• 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/R16790073
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/276387/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/276387
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  27: 3
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.