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NIALL, Gerald Hugh
(Service number 56078)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	21/07/1888	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Grand Hotel, Te Kuiti
Occupation	Cable joiner (P & T Dept)
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Miss Maud NIALL (sister), 101 Eden Terrace, Auckland
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Specialist Company
Date	16 November 1917
Transport	Tahiti
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Post & Telegraph worker

Death

Date	18 July 1946	Age	57 years
Place of Death	Auckland
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland
Memorial Reference	Row 22, Plot 28
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Gerald Hugh Niall was the youngest of the fourteen children of Daniel William and Noah (née Carroll) Niall. He married Avis May Todd in 1921 His brother George Patrick Niall also served in World War I. Brother Thomas Niall was called up for service.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 February 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [18 February 2018]; Waimkumete Cemetery record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [20 February 2018]

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