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HULLEN, Henry Christian
(Service number 47336)

Temuka War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #01)

Temuka War Memorial dedication inscription, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #05)

Temuka War Memorial plaque, names G-M, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Waitohi War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

World War One plaque, Waitohi War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Memorial Cross, St John's Church, Temuka, pictured in 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.24 #01)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs J.H Hullen (mother), Pleasant Point
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	NZEF
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	26th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	9 June 1917
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
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	13 December 1917	Age
Place of Death	Ypres, Belgium
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour; Temuka War Memorial; Waitohi War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Johann Martin Hullen and Magdelina Hullen, of Pleasant Point, Timaru. Native of Waitohi

Sources

Cenotaph Mar 2014, CWGC

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

Currently Assigned to

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