LINDSAY, Hamilton
(Service number 25/1173)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 04/12/1892 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Banker | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. J. LINDSAY (mother), Waimate, Canterbury | ||
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 Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 5 February 1916 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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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 | 30 May 1987 | Age | 94 years |
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| Place of Death | Auckland | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated, ashes interred Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Hamilton Lindsay was the son of James and Mary Jane Lindsay. The names Hamilton and William Lindsay are recorded on the Waimate Knox Church Sunday School roll of honour, which was unveiled on 26 March 1916. Late in 1915 the "time had come to set down in order the names of ex-pupils of the Waimate Presbyterian Sunday School who had become soldiers of the Empire in the great fight for home and justice." Hamilton's brother William Alexander Lindsay also served in World War I, and their older brother Andrew John Lindsay was killed in action in 1916 in France.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 February 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [04 February 2020]; Waikumete Cemetery record (Auckland Council) [07 February 2020]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 27 March 1916 (Papers Past) [03 February 2020]
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