Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Bruce Somerville Hay Born 25 November 1879 - Died 7 August 1915 PDF Key details Service number406 AWMM 9/530 AWMM Also known asBruce Sommerville Hay AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankPre WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 2nd Contingent AWMM Pre WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 10th Contingent AWMM WW1 Temporary Captain AWMM New Zealand Staff Corps AWMM WW1 Captain/Military AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM WarSouth African War, 1899-1902 AWMM Regular Military Service AWMM World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesBruce Somerville AWMM SurnameHay AWMM Ingoa Also known asBruce Sommerville Hay AWMM Service number406 AWMM 9/530 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionPresbyterian, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth25 November 1879 AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM 25 November 1876 Noel Smith Research Project Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 1900 AWMM C/o Sargood Son & Ewen, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Pre 1901 AWMM C/o Sargood Son & Ewen, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Pre 1911 AWMM Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM Pre 1914 AWMM Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMr Alexander Reny Hay (father), Woodlands, Southland, New Zealand AWMM Mr Alexander Reny Hay (father), 4 Union Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Mrs Sara Ward Hay (wife), The Mansions, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Mrs Sara Ward Hay (wife), care of Mrs M.J. Cooper, St Stephen's Avenue, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM Unknown AWMM Single AWMM Unknown AWMM Married AWMM Unknown AWMM Married AWMM Married, 2 children AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarSouth African War, 1899-1902 AWMM Regular Military Service AWMM World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM CampaignOrange Free State AWMM 24 May 1900-31 May 1902 Transvaal AWMM Cape Colony AWMM Orange River AWMM 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number406 AWMM 9/530 AWMM Military serviceWaikato Mounted Rifles, Captain AWMM Otago Hussars AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 6th Contingent AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards1914-1915 Star AWMM MiD. 11 December 1915 AWMM British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM King's South Africa Medal (South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 clasps) AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentSouth Africa 1900 AWMM Age 23 AWMM Warehouseman/Civilian AWMM Otago, New Zealand AWMM South Africa 1901 AWMM Age 24 AWMM Warehouseman/Civilian AWMM Pre WW1 1911 AWMM Age 31 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM WW1 1914 AWMM Age 35 AWMM Soldier/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 16 October 1914 AWMM from Port Chalmers, Dunedin AWMM to Suez, Egypt AWMM HMNZT 5 or HMNZT 9 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM Invalided to England AWMM Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankPre WW1 19 March 1901 AWMM Joined 6th Contingent AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 2nd Contingent AWMM Pre WW1 1902 AWMM End of hostilities AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 10th Contingent AWMM WW1 1914 AWMM Joined NZEF AWMM Temporary Captain AWMM New Zealand Staff Corps AWMM WW1 Captain/Military AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of Alexander R. Hay.Husband of Mrs Sara Ward (nee Cooper) Hay, of Parnell, Auckland. Father of Mollie Adelina Hay b 1908? and Margaret Jocelyn Hay b 1910..Bruce Hay's sister, Elizabeth Mackenzie (nee Hay), served as a nurse in the Boer War.Father was named Alexander Rennie Hay. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death7 August 1915 AWMM Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM 7 August 1915 Noel Smith Research Project Age 39 AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes CemeteryChunuk Bair AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM St Mary's Cathedral Church. Parnell, Auckland 1052 AWMM Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Bruce Somerville Hay by laying a poppy. Bruce Harvey Hay Bruce Macfarlane Hay Bruce Somerville Hay Bruce Stafford Hay Caryl James Hay Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Bruce Somerville Hay Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy) Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2016-2 The Veteran : official publication of the South African War Veterans' Association… Library / Pictorial › publication Christchurch, New Zealand ; Hamilton, New Zealand UB359.N5 VET Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org Sources Used Military personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20520698 Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Vol1: 315 AWMM Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. AWMM Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM This record as partially completed by information provided by Noel George Smith (2020-2021). AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record