Arthur Hale

Forenames

Arthur AWMM

Surname

Hale AWMM

Service number

WWI 47205 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

1896 AWMM

Place of birth

Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, NZ

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Birth notes

son of John Richmond & Polly Hale

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Address before enlistment

Tokomaru Bay, East Coast

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Next of kin

James Hale (father), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

WWI: single
married Mary Martha Gentry (aka Rangiora)

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• A Coy 26th, then transferred to NZ Maori Pioneer Btn 25th Rfts
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Service number

WWI 47205 AWMM

Military service

1917-1919

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Medals and Awards

British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Drover/Civilian AWMM
• 10 Nov 1916 at the Garrison Hall, Gisborne
  15 Feb 1917 at Trentham
  16 Sep 1917 transferred to NZ Mao
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Age on enlistment

21yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 26 Apr 1917-20 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 84 AWMM Vessel was Turakina AWMM Private AWMM 17th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Lance Corporal

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Listed as arriving home onboard ‘Westmoreland’

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 78, 28 March 1919, Page 4 AWMM

Death

28 Oct 1943 AWMM
Age  47 AWMM

Cause of death

Died from Natural Causes AWMM

Cemetery

Taupiri Cemetery, Gordonton Road, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16790109
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  62: 38
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• HMNZT 84 - The klink : a souvenir of the voyage of S.S. Turakina (H.M.N.Z.T. 84) April to July, 1917; and a history of the doings of the Left Wing of the 25th Reinforcements N.Z.E.F. on their way to the Front -- London : Printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. : 1917