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HYDE, Ernest Joseph
(Service number 6/4065)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	04/11/1882	Place of Birth	Ashburton

Enlistment Information

Date	16 November 1915	Age	33 yrs
Address at Enlistment	124 Burnett street, Ashburton
Occupation	Plumber & engineer
Previous Military Experience	Ashburton Rifles - 6 years
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Emma HYDE (mother), East Belt, Ashburton; later Mrs E. HOARE (mother)
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weigth 9 stone 2 lb (128 lbs). Chest measurement 31-34 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Eyes both 6. Hearing, colour vision, heart and lungs all normal. Limbs and chest well formed. Full movement off joints. Teeth good. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Scar on front of left shin.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	10th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	4 March 1916
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns	Somme
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
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

Reported wounded in right arm, 2 August 1916. 3 August 1916 wounded and admitted to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	21 September 1916	Age	33 yrs
Place of Death	In the Field, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Somme, France
Memorial Reference	XLI. J. 9.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Ashburton War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Emma HYDE, of 154 South East Belt, Ashburton. Just six months after embarking, Ernest had been killed in action. He was wounded in the Field afew weeks before his death. His medals were sent to his mother, now Mrs HOARE, of Ashburton. Birth registered as Joseph Ernest in 1880, son of Joseph & Emma,

Sources

Cenotaph Database [20 October 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5541 0058622) [11 July 2014]

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