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George Hatch

1880-1953

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Corporal

Serial

4/1429

About

Born in New Zealand

30 November 1880
Residence

Hometown

Wellington
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

H. Jones, Lambton Goods
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • 1st Westland Rifles

    3 years in New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Distinguished Conduct Medal ribbon

    Distinguished Conduct Medal
    For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty and consistent good works over a lengthy period. When it was necessary for the safety of the line that machine-gun positions should be completed at once, he personally got out in the open and worked under shell fire the whole night. By his untiring energy and disregard of his personal safety he set a fine example to his men.

    Death

    Died at the age of 72

    23 March 1953

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5539 96/0052040, Military Personnel File.

    London Gazette, 3 September 1919, p. 11190.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 5.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “George Hatch (1880-1953)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/363

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