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HESSELL, Walter Percival
(Service number 6/2160)

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Birth

Date 28 April 1893 Place of Birth Pleasant Point

Enlistment Information

Date 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 Age
Address at Enlistment 25 Grey Rd., Timaru
Occupation Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs W. Hessell (mother), Grey Street, Timaru
Religion Church of England
Medical Information Tattoos on arms and back: Heart with dagger through, two flags and anchor & rope entwined

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 5th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date 13 June 1915
Transport Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns Egyptian, Balkans (Gallipoli)
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 12 September 1963 Age
Place of Death Washdyke, South Canterbury
Cause
Notices Internal Affairs Notification, Military personnel file
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015)

External Links

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Researched and Written by

David Batchelor, South Canterbury Museum

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