FALLA, Hugh Toneycliffe
(Service number 3/820)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 08/09/1894 | Place of Birth | Guernsey, Channel Islands |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 39 Alexander Street, Richmond, Christchurch | ||
| Occupation | Commercial traveller | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Sarah FALLA (mother, 39 Alexander Street, Richmond, Christchurch; 20 Templar Street, Avonside, Christchurch | ||
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 | New Zealand Medical Corps | ||
| Date | (2) 26 June 1916 | ||
| Transport | (1) Maheno; (2) Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | (1) Wellington; (2) Wellington | Destination | (Hospital Ship No 1, 1st Voyage from NZ |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 21 September 1983 | Age | 88 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Hugh Toneycliffe Falla was born in 1894 in the Channel Islands, to Daniel and Sarah (née Toneycliffe) Falla. After the family arrived in New Zealand in 1902 he had a week at Richmond School in Christchurch, then spent more than five years at Timaru South School before returning to Richmond and the Boys' High School. Hugh Falla gained the Military Medal, which honour was noted at the Timaru South School committee meeting in March 1918. Hugh married Evelyn Mauger Rabey in 1920.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [22 May 2018]; Timaru Herald, 5 March 1918 (Papers Past) [22 May 2018]
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