HUTCHINS, William Hurford
(Service number 6/483)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
|---|
Birth
| Date | 19th March 1888 | Place of Birth |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | 2nd August 1914 | Age | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | Waimataitai, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Slaughterman | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Albert Hutchins, Waimataitai, Timaru, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 4 Tahiti or HMNZT 11 Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Lyttelton, Canterbury | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | |||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian (1914-1915); Balkan (Gallipoli 1915) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
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 |
Death
| Date | 19 September 1965 | Age | 77 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | |||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Sources
Cenotaph Database [18 June 2014]; Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch burial record (Christchurch City Council) [06 August 2014]
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Saray Sedeno
Currently Assigned to
TS
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.
Tell us more
Do you have information that could be added to this story? Or related images that you are happy to share? Submit them here!