LYALL, Hugh
(Service number 74394)
| First Rank | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 29/10/1890 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Ridgemount Station, Private Bag, Napier | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd for W H Campbell | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs H. Lyall (mother), Saint Andrew's, South Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 38th Reinforcements, A Company | ||
| Date | 5 June 1918 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 105 Remuera | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, United Kingdom | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 1956 | Age | |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ashes buried at Otupae Sheep Station, central North Island, New Zealand | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Son of George and Helen Christina Lyall of St Andrews, South Canterbury, New Zealand. George (father) was the last manager of the Pareoa Estate. Four sons of George and Helen also served during the war: Gordon Gilmore (15927) and William Carnegie (46235) were killed in action, but Angus (15560) and Hugh (74394) returned home.
Hugh Lyall died in 1956. His ashes are buried at the Otupae Sheep Station (which was owned by his father-in-law), located in the central North Island between the Hawke's Bay and Taihape.
Sources
SCRoll web submission by C Lyall, 29 May 2018; Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 May 2018]; SCRoll submission by K Lyall, 25 & 31 October 2018
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Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)
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