HOARE, Hugh
(Service number 19819)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 11 December 1869 | Place of Birth | Kerry Town, Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Kerrytown via Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Edith HOARE (wife), Postmistress, Kerrytown, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | New Zealand Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Samoan Relief Reinforcements | ||
| Date | 5 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Taiune | ||
| Embarked From | Auckland | Destination | Apia, Samoa |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 13 August 1946 | Age | 70 years |
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| Place of Death | 59 Retreat Road, Avonside, Christchurch (daughter;s residence) | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Temuka Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Hugh HOARE was born on 11 December 1869 at Kerrytown, South Canterbury, the son of Dennis and Mary (née BROSNAHAN) HOARE. He married Edith Gertude DONOVAN on 21 December 1897 at St Mary's Catholic Church, Oxford. Edith was later the postmistress at Kerrytown.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 February 2014]; Oxford Observer, 23 September 1897, Timaru Herald, 3 May 1898, 6 December 1916 (Papers Past) [27 July 2014; 23 September 2015]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [2014]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [23 September 2015]; Timaru Herald, 14 August 1946 (Timaru District Library) [13 January 2017]; SCRoll submission by T Brosnahan, 3 July 2022
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