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HUTCHINS, Albert Richard
(Service number 6/1440)

Aliases HUTCHINGS on Cenotaph Database
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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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