Arthur HALLIDAY

Regimental number12/2722
Date of birth3 August 1889
Place of birthBay of Islands
ReligionMethodist
OccupationEngineer
AddressTe Kuiti
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 4"
Weight151 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas Halliday, Kawakawa, Bay of Islands
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 April 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 14 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBotley Cemetery (Row 11, Grave No 64), Oxford, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Thomas Halliday, Tauraroa, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined Bn at Mudros, 29 September 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 29 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Embarked Port Said to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 27 September 1916 (gun shot wound, back); admitted to No 3 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 28 September 1916; transferred to England, 29 September 1916, and admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, 30 September 1916.

Died of wounds (gun shot wound, spine; paraplexia; heart failure), 14 October 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Sixth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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