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HALKETT, Francis Allen
(Service number 6/4051)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Sapper

Birth

Date	16/08/1896	Place of Birth	Beaconsfield

Enlistment Information

Date	18 November 1915	Age	19 years 3 months
Address at Enlistment	Otipua, Timaru
Occupation	Railway fitter
Previous Military Experience	Cadets. Railway Engineers (serving)
Marital Status
Next of Kin	T. HALKETT (father), Otipua Road, Timaru
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 131 lbs. Chest measurement 32-34½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes grey. Hair brown (dark). Sight & hearing both good. Colour vision correct. Limbs well formed. Full & perfectmovement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth good. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits.

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	11th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	1 April 1916
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Western European
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	21 July 1919	Reason	On the termination of his period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	3 September 1966	Age
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 5 September 1966
Memorial or Cemetery	Bromley Crematorium, Christchurch; Memorial Salisbury Park Crematoium, Timaru
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Francis Allen Halkett was the son of Thomas and Catherine (née Fincher) Halkett.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [01 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0049084) [09 August 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (department of Internal Affairs) [01 August 2016]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [01 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 7 April 1914, 11, 16 & 25 June 1919, Star, 27 July 1916 (Papers Past) [07 August 2016]

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