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HAWDON, Noel Elliot
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Aliases
First Rank	Army Chaplain 4th Class	Last Rank	Army Chaplain

Birth

Date	01/03/1886	Place of Birth	Middlesboro, England

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William Hawdon, Middlesboro, England
Religion	COE
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	UK Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

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Other Units Served With	Army Chaplains' Department, attached 45thTrench Mortar Bty
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	16 November 1918	Age	32
Place of Death	Belgium
Cause	Influenza
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Terlincthun British Cemetery
Memorial Reference	XI B 1
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of William and Margaret Hawdon, nee Ayrton, Upsall Grange,Yorkshire, England. Noel was Assistant Curate at St Mary's Timaru from 6 Sep. 1912 to Aug. 1913 before returning to UK. and also well known to the boy scouts. Two other brothers also served in the British army. Captain Rupert Ayrton Hawdon 1894 - 4/11/1918, buried Ruednes Communal Cemetery, France, 2nd Lieutenant CecilHawdon 1895 - 27 Jun 1916 buried Loker Cemetery, Belgium.

Sources

All three brothers are listed on war memorial at St Cuthberts Church, Ormesby, Yorkshire (photo on line

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Researched and Written by

Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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