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HESSELL, Walter Percival
(Service number 6/2160)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	28/04/1893	Place of Birth	Pleasant Point

Enlistment Information

Date	15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	25 Grey Rd., Timaru
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs W. Hessell (mother), Grey Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Tattoos on arms and back: Heart with dagger through, two flags and anchor & rope entwined

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	5th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	13 June 1915
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian, Balkans (Gallipoli)
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	12 September 1963	Age
Place of Death	Washdyke, South Canterbury
Cause
Notices	Internal Affairs Notification, Military personnel file
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015)

External Links

Researched and Written by

David Batchelor, South Canterbury Museum

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