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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Captain Bruce Somerville Hay |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Captain |
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| Forename(s): |
Bruce Somerville |
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| Surname: |
Hay |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
9/530 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Captain |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Sara Ward Hay (wife), care of Mrs M.J. Cooper, Saint Stephen's Avenue, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Married |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Dunedin, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Otago |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Main Body |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Otago Mounted Rifles |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1914 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Port Chalmers, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
315 |
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| Military Awards: |
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Otago Mounted Rifles |
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| Place of Death: |
Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
7 August 1915 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Bruce Hay's sister, Elizabeth Mackenzie (nee Hay), served as a nurse in the Boer War. |
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| Further References: |
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option. |
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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