Cyril HAYTER

Regimental number7/63
AddressRollesby, Burke's Pass
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Hayter, Rollesby, Burke's Pass, South Canterbury
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, Main Body, embarked on board two ships, HMNZT 4 'Tahiti' and HMNZT 11 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLieutenant
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


'In connection with the operations described in General I. Hamilton's despatch dated 11 December 1915.'
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', 28 January 1916.

FateKilled in Action 28 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsHill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Eugenie Elizabeth Hayter, Rollesby, Burke's Pass, Fairlie, Timaru, and the late Francis Hayter
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Main Body

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