Frank Raymond HAYDON

Regimental number13/812
Date of birth25 December 1892
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSailor
AddressAnne Street, Devonport, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 5"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinFather, Alfred Haydon, Anne Street, Devonport, Auckland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 2), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mary Haydon, 31 Ann Street, Devonport, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Posted to unit, Gallipoli, 30 June 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Sarpi Camp, Lemnos, 31 October 1915, concluded: 'Reasonable to suppose dead.'

War service: 237 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16793378

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