HART, Charles Valentine
(Service number 41543)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 14/02/1883 | Place of Birth | Whitechapel, London, England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 14 December 1916 | Age | 33 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | (Hook Bush, Waimate, South Canterbury) | ||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs E. HART (mother), 30 Eversleigh Road, East Ham, Essex, England | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ 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 | F Company | ||
| Date | 14 March 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ruapehu | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Devonport, Devon, England | |
| Other Units Served With | |||
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| Last Unit Served With | 2nd Battalion Canterbury Infantry Regiment | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western European | ||
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| Service Medals | British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 27 November 1949 | Age | 66 years |
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| Place of Death | Waimate Hospital | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Lawn Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Charles Valentine Hart was born on 14 February 1883 at Whitechapel, London, England, and, along with his younger brother Herbert, was baptised on 18 October 1885 at St Botolph, Aldgate, London. Charles was the son of Jesse and Ellen (née Clarke) Hart. In September 1890 Charles was admitted to the Bow High Street School in Tower Hamlets. His father Jesse Hart, a dock warehouseman, died in 1900, and when Charles enlisted, his mother was living at 30 Eversleigh Road, East Ham, Essex, England, where she and some of her family had moved to prior to 1911. Charles was at home with his parents and siblings in 1891 at Bromley. In 1901 he was with his widowed mother and some siblings at Forest Gate, West Ham. By then he was working as a seamans steward. .
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 October 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0051537) [20 October 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [20 October 2016]
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