Regimental number | 27883 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Dunedin |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Law clerk |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 7.5" |
Weight | 132 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Patrick Hally, c/o Board of Trade, Wellington |
Previous military service | Served in D Company, 5th (Wellington) Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Trentham |
Rank on embarkation | Rifleman |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 12th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Tyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 3), Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Patrick and Ellen Hally, 56 Gladstone Road, Parnell, Auckland. Native of Dunedin |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 29 December 1916, and marched into Sling Camp. Proceeded overseas to France, 1 February 1917; joined 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 25 May 1917, and posted to 10th Company. Detached to Brigade Carrying Party, 12 June 1917; rejoined Bn, 19 June 1917. Transferred to Headquarters, 2nd NZ Infantry Brigade, 26 July 1917. Transferred to 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, 6 September 1917, and posted to 10th Company. Detached to Headquarters, NZ Infantry Brigade, 6 September 1917; rejoined Bn, 8 September 1917. Killed in action, 12 October 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 27 Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16790521 |
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