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William Harold MCHALE

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Date of birth30 April 1883
Date of death03 October 1917
Mothers nameEmily Rosine (née Langley)
Spouses nameUnmarried
Fathers nameJames Wentworth McHale (Farmer/Builder)
Parents date of marriage1880
Parents place of marriageNew Zealand
Fathers date of death1927
SiblingsEbenezer Joseph (b 1881), Elsie Catherine Mary (b 1885), Annie Henrietta (b 1887), Leonard Henry (b 1889, WW1 Service number 31877), Elizabeth Emily (b 1890)
Fathers occupationFarmer/Builder
Cause of deathKilled in action
AwardsBritish War Medal, Victory Medal
Place of birthChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
OccupationCarpenter also worked at the Temukanui Flax Mill.
Place of deathIn the field, Belgium
Date of arrival overseas02 May 1917
Theatres of warWestern Europe 1917
Place of embarkationWellington
SurnameMCHALE
War memorialTokomaru
Place enlistedManawatu District
Christian namesWilliam Harold
Place of arrival overseasPlymouth, Devonport, England
Overseas memorialTyne Cot Memorial, NZ Apse Panel 6
WarsWW 1
Service number37851
ReligionPresbyterian
Date enlisted09 October 1916
Final rankPrivate
Regiment or service1st Battalion Wellington Regiment NZEF
Embarkation date12 February 1917 on HMNZT 77
User reference8.84

Image of William Harold MCHALE

Probate: Archives NZ, Wellington.

NOK: Father JW McHale, Tokomaru/Tokoroa-Putaruru

Weight: 154lb. Complexion: Medium.

Hair: Brown. Height: 5'10¼".

Eyes: Grey.

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