Profile

HANLEY, Michael Edward
(Service number 7/1737)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	06/12/1883	Place of Birth	Morven

Enlistment Information

Date	7 June 1915	Age	31
Address at Enlistment	Morven, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs M. Hanley (wife), Morven, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	7th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	9 October 1915
Transport	Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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	12 April 1919	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Michael was wounded with a gun shot wound to back and right arm. He sailed home to New Zealand on 11 January 1919

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	14 May 1957	Age	74
Place of Death	Waimate
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	St Patrick's (Waimate) Memorial list (June 2015)

Biographical Notes

Michael married Margaret Nolan on 15 Jun 1910 at Lincoln. No children of the couple appear to be listed.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph database (May 2015); Archives New Zealand; New Zealand BDM Historical Records online;

External Links

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum); Liz Shea, SC branch NZSG

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