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ELDER, Hugh
(Service number 3/3635)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	24/05/1882	Place of Birth	Kaiapoi

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Timaru
Occupation	Commercial traveller
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs I. ELDER (mother), 64 Hill Street, Wellington
Religion
Medical Information

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	Hospital Ship No. 1, "Maheno" (Fourth Charter)
Date
Transport	Maheno
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Medical Corps

Military Awards

Campaigns
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	5 December 1965	Age	84 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 117, Plot 15
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Hugh Elder, born on 24 May 1882 at Kaiapoi, was living in Timaru and working as a commercial traveller when he enlisted. He embarked on Hospital Ship No. 1 on the 6th voyage. At the time of his death he was resident at the Beverley War Veterans Home in Timaru.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [26 December 2016]

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