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James Dawson Hastie

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 43), Page: 18 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 43), Page: 18 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Dawson AWMM
  • Surname
    Hastie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 27090 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Mataura, Southland Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    John Hastie (father), Mataura, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 27090 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      6' 4" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      180 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 29 December 1916, and marched into Sling Camp.
    Taken on strength, NZ Machine Gun Corps, Grantham, 5 January 1917; transferred to No 4 Company, NZMGC, Grantham, from No 6 (Depot) Company, 23 May 1917.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 28 May 1917.
    Found guilty, 24 July 1917, of being improperly dressed at Bailleul, 19 July 1917: awarded 3 days' Field Punishment No 2.
    Admitted to No 4 NZ Field Ambulance, 30 November 1917 (injured left heel), and transferred same day to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance; to No 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 1 December 1917; to 14th General Hospital, Wimeruex, 3 December 1917; to England, 9 December 1917, and admitted to King George Hospital, London. Transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 21 December 1917; discharged to Machine Gun Corps Depot, Grantham, 26 January 1918, and sent on leave to 11 February 1918.
    Classified unfit by Medical Board, Grantham, 17 May 1918, and placed on NZ Roll.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board SS 'Mokoia', 30 May 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service), 14 August 1918.
    Total war service: 2 years 76 days (of which 1 year 275 days were abroad) AWMM
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Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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