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Benjamin Hallett

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Benjamin AWMM
  • Surname
    Hallett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 13437 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1887 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Benjamin Hallett (father), Waikouaiti, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 May 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 13437 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian 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
    17 Oct 1917 {Age 30} AWMMDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Benjamin and Catherine Hallett, of Thomas Street, Waikouaiti, Otago.

    Brothers James Scott Hallett (49892) and Benjamin Hallett (13437) were killed in WW1.

    Previously employed as Farmer by B Hallett (father), Herbert, North Otago AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    • 17 October 1917 AWMM
      Belgium, Europe AWMM
    • 17 October 1917 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 30 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM VI. F. 1. AWMM
    • St Johns, Waikouaiti Cemetery AWMM Block E, Plot 38 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Herbert War Memorial, Herbert, North Otago, New Zealand AWMM

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03 November 2015ShonaOamaru, New ZealandResearcher

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