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HUTCHINS, Albert Richard
(Service number 6/1440)

Aliases	HUTCHINGS on Cenotaph Database
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	23rd July 1893	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	9th December 1914	Age	21
Address at Enlistment	Timaru
Occupation	Railway Worker
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	A.W. Hutchins (father), Waimataitai, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information	Brown hair, blue eyes, 5ft 10in,

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	(1) Samoan Advance Party; (2) 2nd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	(1) 15 August 1914; (2) 14 December 1914
Transport	Moeraki or Monowai
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Apia, Samoa

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Australiasian (1914); Egyptian (1914); Balkan (Gallipoli 1915)
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; Gallipoli Lapel Badge; Gallipoli Medallion (1967)
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	3 March 1916	Reason	No longer fit for service

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	7 November 1977	Age
Place of Death	Hamilton
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph database (10 July 2015); Military personnel file (10 July 2015)

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