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HAYTER, Cyril
(Service number 7/63)

Lieutenant C Hayter — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

Cyril Hayter at Rollesby, 1913 — From a Hayter/Clifford family album. (Courtesy of S Fraser )

Cyril Hayter — From a Hayter/Clifford family album. (Courtesy of S Fraser )

Officers of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles at Addington Camp, Christchurch, August 1914. — Back row: Lieutenants L Chaytor, Taylor, Barker, W Deans, F Gorton, Hayter, D S Murchison.
Second row: Lieutenant Marchant, Captain Talbot, Lieutenant Blackett, Captain Hurst, Captain Hammond, Lieutenant Free, Lieutenant Bruce.
Sitting: Major Wain (O.C. 8th Sqd.), Captain Cody (Q.M.), Major Overton (2nd in Command), Lieutenant-Colonel Findlay (C.O.), Captain Blair (Adjutant), Major Acton-Adams (O.C. 1st Sqd.), Major Hutton (O.C. 10th Sqd.).
Front row: Lieutenant Gibbs (Signalling Officer), Tommy the mascot, Lieutenant Davison (Machine Gun Officer), Lieutenant G Dailey. (Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, PAColl-5268-2-01 )

Aliases
First Rank	Lieutenant	Last Rank	Lieutenant

Birth

Date	04/02/1891	Place of Birth	Rollesby Station, Burke's Pass, South Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date	13 August 1914	Age	22 yrs 8 mths
Address at Enlistment	Rollesby, Burke's Pass
Occupation	Sheep farmer. Previously clerk
Previous Military Experience	Christs College Cadets (three years); South Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 8th Regt (1912 Second Lieutenant; 1913 First Lieutenant)
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs HAYTER (mother), Rollesby, Burke's Pass, South Canterbury
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information	Height 5 ft 6 in. Weight 130 lbs. Chest 33-36 in. Complexion fair. Eyes dark brown. Hair hazel. Eyes both 6/6. Hearing, colour vision, teeth good. Limbs, chest well formed. Full movement of joints. Heart, lungs normal. Free from hernia, variocele, varicose veins, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No defects to cause rejection. No lobe on right ear

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards	Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)

Award Circumstances and Date

Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette, 1 December 1915)

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	28 August 1915	Age	24 yrs
Place of Death
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey. Memorial at Burke's Pass Cemetery on mother's headstone.
Memorial Reference	Burke's Pass Cemetery - Block A, Plot 11.
New Zealand Memorials	Memorial wall, Timaru; Fairlie War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Youngest son of Francis & Eugenie Elizabeth (nee HUDDLESTON) HAYTER, of Rollesby Station, Burkes Pass, Fairlie. Educated at Christs College, Christchurch. Brother Chilton HAYTER also served in WWI, Cyril & Chilton enlisted & embarked together. In September 1915 some confusion over whether he had been killed or was missing, same for Chilton. Late father was Captain HAYTER, naval officer. Gained mercantile experience in Timaru then worked on mother's run. In 1914 best man for his brother Chilton. Cyril was one of the local officers chosen to go with the South Canterbury Regiment, Mounted Rifles, who left Timaru on 14 August 1914, an appointment which was keenly awaited.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [18 November 2013]; Timaru Herald, 19 August 1911, 7 April 1913, 9 May 1914, 14 August, 15 August 1914, 7 September 1915 (x 2), 22 September 1915, Otago Daily Times, 5 October 1915, 24 November 1915, Press, 22 February 1918 (Papers Past) [21 November 2013; 12 September 2014]

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