condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Darcy Clarence Hadfield

-
Lay a poppy
Darcy Hadfield. Springer, G R :Photographs of New Zealand rowers. Ref: 1/2-052308-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23224918. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Darcy Hadfield. Springer, G R :Photographs of New Zealand rowers. Ref: 1/2-052308-F. Alexander Turnb …

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Darcy Clarence AWMM
  • Surname
    Hadfield AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 40552 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    1 December 1889 AWMM Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs S.M. Hadfield (wife), 26 George Street, Rocky Nook, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Passchendaele AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 40552 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Shipwright/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
    Wounded at Passchendaele AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›
  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Son of William Welby Hadfield and Martha Adele Ann nee Snow

    Husband of Sereta (Sarita) May Coyle; father of three

    Champion sculler in New Zealand first winning in 1913 the singles championship

    Whilst enlisted was a member of the NZEF Rowing Club. Won the singles at the Royal Henley Peace Regatta in July 1919.

    Marshal Pétain, the French commander in chief, presented gold stop-watches to the two men he considered to be the outstanding competitors at the Inter Allied Games Games, Paris 1919 both went to New Zealanders, Darcy Hadfield (sculler) and Dan Mason, a middle-distance runner. (McMillan. DNZB.)

    An Olympic representative at Antwerp 1920, winning a bronze medal and later a professional rower.

    Inducted in 1990 to the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame AWMM
Read more

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    15 September 1964 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Darcy Clarence Hadfield by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Darcy Clarence Hadfield

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›

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.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.