Hugh Matthew BLAIR

Regimental number12/3557
OccupationEngine driver
Next of kinBrother, Kenneth Blair, Manunui, King Country
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 37 SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 9 October 1916
Place of burialLodge Hill Cemetery (Screen Wall, B10, 606), Birmingam, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Agnes McKay Blair, Tryphena, Great Barrier
Other details

Died in England of wounds sustained in France.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 14