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HAYHURST, Gilbert Clarence
(Service number 22190)

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	19/02/1895	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Amelia HAYHURST (mother), Temuka
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	12th Reinforcements 1st Battalion, E Company
Date	11 October 1916
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Veterinary surgeon

Death

Date	30 July 1960	Age
Place of Death	Invercargill, of Dunedin
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 235, Plot 40
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of John Turnbull and Amelia (nee BROWN) HAYHURST. Brothers Cedric Dudley HAYHURST and Henry Holman HAYHURST also served in WWI. Gilbert was one of 15 recruits who were farewelled at a standing-room only gathering at the Temuka Drill Shed in early May 1916. They were commended for their patriotism and fine spirit, and were wished a safe return after victory.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [01 December 2013]; Headstone image Temuka Cemetery (Timaru District Council) [01 December 2013]; Timaru Herald, 5 May 1916 (Papers Past) [13 July 2014]

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