HAYWARD, Loughrey Holmes
(Service number 13021)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 17/09/1893 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Pareora | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Luke R. HAYWARD (father), Pareora | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 3rd Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company | ||
| Date | 6 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Mokoia or Navua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Regiment | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 13 June 1952 | Age | 58 years |
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| Place of Death | |||
| Cause | Road accident | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Loughrey Holmes Hayward was the first-born of Luke Reveley and Eliza (née Ford) Hayward. Loughrey was killed in a road accident on State Highway One just south of Timaru on 13 June 1952. His widow survived him by exactly 39 years, dying at the age of 91.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [24 December 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [24 December 2016]; SCroll web submnission from R Hayward, 24 April 2018
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