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HAY, Ferdinand Faithful
(Service number 74388)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	25 September 1897	Place of Birth	Balclutha

Enlistment Information

Date	26 November 1917	Age	20 years 2 months
Address at Enlistment	Hurdley Street, Timaru
Occupation	Fireman
Previous Military Experience	Cadets - still serving
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	G. HAY (father), Hurdley Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 133 lbs. Chest measurement 33-36 inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes grey. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Never notified for consumption. Never under treatment in a sanatorium or mental institution. Never absent from work through ill-health or accident. Class A,

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	39th Reinforcements, E Company
Date	13 June 1918
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	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	31 October 1919	Reason	On termination of period of Engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	23 July 1959	Age	61 years
Place of Death	Hokitika
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Hokitika Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Block RSA 1, Plot 104
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Ferdinand Faithful was the son of George Hay and his second wife, Helen Jane née Marshall. At the time of enlistment Ferdinand was a firemen for the Timaru Borough Council.He was a brother of George Huntley Hay who was killed in action in 1917.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 July 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0052409) [25 July 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 July 2017]; Timaru Herald, 7 November 1917, 2 March 1918, Press, 8 September 1919, New Zealand Times, 8 September 1919 (Papers Past) [25 July 2017]

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