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Māori

Harold Hale

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  • Service number
    WWI 12781 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Harold Ernest Hale Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Death Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Field Artillery Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Gunner Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military record
  • Forenames
    Harold AWMM
  • Surname
    Hale AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Harold Ernest Hale Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Death Record
  • Service number
    WWI 12781 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 March 1894 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    8 March 1894 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of William Frederic & Annie Gertrude HALE Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Tolaga Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer at Tolaga Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    G.C. Hale (brother), Maungatuna, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single
    1920 married Helen Russell FORSYTH Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military Record & Research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Field Artillery Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 12781 AWMM
  • Military service
    1916-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    British War Medal
    Victory Medal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    21yrs 11 mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military record

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
    Sept 1918 - wounded, admitted to hospital Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14719, 26 September 1918, Page 3

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Gunner Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William Frederic and Annie Gertrude Hale

    Four sons enlisted William Fredrick Hale (43121) the eldest; Harold Hale (12781); Nathaniel Hale (16/1486) all survived the war; Eric Hale (16/5) killed in action AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 September 1946 Public Source
  • Date of death
    21 September 1946 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    51yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Tolaga Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
    By Accident Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Tolaga Bay Cemetery, Tolaga Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block TOL14; Plot 46; Warrant # 198 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=16790116
    Further Reference
  • Documents
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Military Service Record AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      33: 18 AWMM

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10 February 2016Lorraine MGisborneResearcher

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