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HESSELL, Victor
(Service number 10/1522)

Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank

Birth

Date 25/12/1892 Place of Birth Pleasant Point

Enlistment Information

Date 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 Age
Address at Enlistment Castlecliff Hotel, Castlecliff, Wanganui;
Occupation Warper (Woollen Mills)
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs. Johanna Hessell (mother), Grey Rd., Timaru
Religion Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 3rd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Wellington Infantry Battalion
Date 14 February 1915
Transport Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With Field Artillery
Last Unit Served With Field Artillery

Military Awards

Campaigns Egyptian, Balkans (Gallipoli)
Service Medals
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

Death

Date 11 November 1972 Age
Place of Death Wanganui
Cause
Notices Internal Affairs Notification, Military personnel file
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015)

External Links

Related Documents

No documents available. 

Researched and Written by

David Batchelor, South Canterbury Museum

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