Born in Wanganui, New Zealand on 04 Jul 1893, the only child of William Hanlon and Margaret (Hyland) Hanlon, birth registration 1893/11524. Note: several military records show 1892 but their own admission medical report on 22 Oct 1914 states his age at the time was 21 years, 3 1/2 months and also their later records agree with 1893.
Sylvester's middle name was given by his father in honour of the grandmother he never met, who died in 1891. William had grown up in Wanganui District, the son of settlers John Hanlon, an Irish-born bricklayer, and his English-born wife Sarah Hayward/Haywood. William was a painter and moved his young family to Northcote, Auckland where he continued his painting business. Sylvester first attended the normal school in Auckland and then the newly opened Sacred Heart College in Ponsonby, across the water from his home in Northcote. In 1907 he won the fifth year prize there for geography, earning a mention in the Auckland Star newspaper.
In 1911 Sylvester's father went to visit his brother Laurence Hanlon in Palmerston North and was taken ill; he died there on 16 Sep 1911 at the age of 44. Sylvester was 18.
On leaving school Sylvester worked briefly in accounting, was a member of the Auckland Ambulance Corps and then switched to farming. In his last job before enlistment he was living in Pukemiro to work on a farm for R.D. Kelsey.
He was engaged to Lily Clara Golden of Northcote, Auckland and listed her as his legatee in his military papers. After the war his three medals (1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal) were issued to Lily.
Military Service Summary:
HANLON, SYLVESTER HAYWARD Sapper 4/614 13/09/1918
N.Z. Eng., New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF); later transferred to Mounted Signal Troop.
Buried: H. 8. BIRKENHEAD CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Having attested at Auckland on 14 Oct 1914, he embarked for the War two months later, spending Christmas at sea. He saw action in Egypt (1915), the Dardanelles (1915) and France/Belgium (1917).
Whilst laying cables at Gallipoli in mid August 1915, he had a close escape on finding his group of four engineers suddenly surrounded by enemy soldiers. Unarmed and choosing not to surrender, he ran under fire towards a cliff and jumped off. He sustained an abdominal rupture and a gunshot wound to his left hand. It took a year to recover. He was shipped to Egypt and admitted to Abassia Hospital, Cairo on 25 Aug 1915, then the convalescent camp at Mustapha, Alexandria on 08 Sep 1915. In a letter home he told his mother "They wanted me to go under an operation here, but I would not agree, as the heat is terrible, and there is a lot of septic poisoning around." In October he was shipped to England aboard the HS Adania, disembarking on 15 Oct 1915 for admission to the Second Southern General Hospital in Bristol. He was operated for a left inguinal hernia and discharged late November after a six week stay, with an additional furlough in December for recovery. In January 1916 he started duties in England where he held various positions for the rest of the year including promotions to Lance Corporal, Temporary Corporal and Acting Sergeant. One of his papers from this period lists a Miss D. Mayes, 3 Carlton House, Herbert Rd, Hendon N.W. 9 [London, England] as his fiancee.
He left England on 02 May 1917 for active service on the Western Front, first in France and then Belgium. In Ypres, Belgium, he suffered from increasing exhaustion in December 1917. A medic had to be called on 08 Jan 1918 when he "was seized with a pain in his chest". He was evacuated to a field hospital where he was treated for pneumonia. After mild improvement he remained weak and bedridden for three weeks so was transferred to London General Hospital on 29 Jan 1918 and later No. 2 NZ General Hospital in Walton on Thames. There he was put on the "dangerously ill list" on 23 Feb 1918. He was diagnosed with Pernicious Anaemia, leading to an Invalid Report on 27 Mar 1918 declaring him "Permanently Unfit" and recommending he be shipped home. He embarked the HS Marama at Avonmouth on 06 Apr 1918. The ship's medical officer noted of his journey that he "Has been very feeble on board - occasional attacks of sickness apparently independant of weather conditions." Arriving in New Zealand on 14 May 1918, he was admitted to Auckland Hospital the next day and died there four months later on 13 Sep 1918.
Sylvester Hanlon was buried with full military honours including a gun carriage to transport the coffin, a graveside gun salute and a trumpet band who followed the cortege and played the last stand.
Bio by Annemarie Hanlon
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Birth registration: 1893
New Zealand birth registration number 1893/11524
Sylvester Haywood Hanlon
mother: Margaret
father: William
Note spelling of middle name at birth was Haywood
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Medical Exam: 22 Oct 1914, Auckland
born Wanganui, New Zealand
age 21 years 3 1/2 months (Note: suggests born 1893, not 1892)
occupation Farmer
height 6 ft 1/2 in
weight 12 st 9 1/4 lb
chest 34 in min, 38 in max
(signed) W.H. Parkes
Enlisted on 27th October 1914 at Auckland
Joined Mtd Signal Troop, Regimental No. 4/614, 27/10/14
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Military Service:
14 Oct 1914: attestation
27 Oct 1914 to 14 Dec 1914 : 49 days in New Zealand
14 Dec 1914: Embarked
15 Dec 1914 to 28 Jan 1915: 45 days at sea
19 Jan 1915: disembarked in Egypt
09 May 1915: Alexandria Nom. Roll, emb for Gallipoli
25 Aug 1915: Adm to NZ Gen Hosp. in Abbassia for GSW (L) hand and Inguinal Hernia
02 Sep 1915: cable sent, wounded hand in Dardanelles
11 Sep 1915: Adm to NZ Base Depot at Mustapha
25 Sep 1915: Admitted Do Ing Hernia
15 Oct 1915 to 26 Nov 1915: in hospital, Bristol
26 Nov 1915 to 10 Dec 1915 Furlough
11 Jan 1916: (F.E.) Transferred to Weymouth Camp
10 Jun 1916: (F.E.) Returned to duty with Coy. from R.M.P.
14 Jun 1916: Leaving Command Depot, Hornchurch, transferred to Hing? Camp from Hornchurch
18 Sep 1916: (N.Z. R. Sig. Unit) Att to W (R.E.) Coy while awaiting draft
05 Oct 1916: (N.Z. R. Sig. Unit) Appointed Lance Corporal at Hitchin, Herts. Rank: L. Corp
08 Jan 1917: (Headquarters) Appointed Temp Corporal at Hitchin, Herts. Rank: T/ Corp
06 Mar 1917: (Headquarters) Appointed acting Sergt in England. Rank: Sergt
06 Mar 1917: (Div. Sig. Coy.) Appointed Acting - Sergt. Rank: Sergt
02 May 1917: (N.Z. R. Signal Co.) Left for France, proceeding Overseas. Rank: Sergt
02 May 1917: (Hdqrs COBE/DSC) Reverts to rank of Spr. as from 2.5.17. Rank: Spr.
02 May 1917: (Hdqrs COBE/DSC) To be A/Sgt. as from 2.5.17. Rank: A/Sgt
02 May 1917: App A/Sgt (Eng), rank A/Sgt
04 May 1917: (R.E. Sig Depot) Attached NZ W, in Field
15 May 1917 Relinquished appts of T/Cpl & his appointment act Sgt.
11 Jun 1917 (R.E. Sig Depot) Detached to NZ Reinf Camp, in Field
14 Jun 1917 (NZ Reinf Camp) Attached ?GNZW, in Field
24 Jun 1917 (NZ Reinf Camp) Detached to Divn & relinquishes appt of act/Sgt, in Field
09 Sep 1917 Evac to Hosp, sick, Field
09 Sep 1917 (No 2 NZFA) Admitted, Myalgia, Field
11 Sep 1917 (No 2 NZFA) Discharged to Duty, Field
11 Sep 1917 (Div Sig Coy) Rejoined Unit from Amb, Field
12 Oct 1917 (Div Sig Coy) Evac to Hosp, sick, Field
13 Oct 1917 (No 1 NZFAmb) Adm & tfd to CCS, Diarrhoea, Field
15 Oct 1917 (3 And CCS) Adm 13/19/17 & tfd to At 11, Diarrhoea, Field
15 Oct 1917 (No 14 G Hosp) Adm No 14 Gen Hosp, Diarrhoea, Field
19 Oct 1917 (No 14 G Hosp) Tfa to No 1 Con Depot, Diarrhoea, Field
19 Oct 1917 (No 1 Con Depot) Admitted, Diarrhoea, Field
29 Oct 1917 (No 1 Con Depot) Tfa to No 3 Rest Camp, Diarrhoea, Field
01 Nov 1917 (R.E. Sig Dept) Attached R.E. Sig Dept, Abbeville
13 Nov 1917 (R.E. Sig Dept) Admitted Hosp, Abbeville
13 Nov 1917 (No 2 ?Ral Hosp) Adm No 2 ?Slal Hosp, Abbeville
27 Nov 1917 (No 2 ?Ral Hosp) Dischgd to Unit, Field
27 Nov 1917 (Sig Dept(R.E.)) Rejoined Dept, Field
06Jan 1918 (Sig Dept(R.E.)) Detached to Divn, Field
08 Jan 1918 (Div Sig Coy) Evac to Hosp whilst en route from Base to Unit, Field
09 Jan 1918 (No 1 NZFAmb) Admt & tfd to CCS, Field
22 Jan 1918 (No 63 CCS) Adm 9/1/18 & tfd to 64 CCS, Field
23 Jan 1918 (No 64 CCS) Adm 22/1/18 & tfd to AT 31, Field
23 Jan 1918 (No 55 G Hosp) Adm No 50 Gen Hosp, Field
29 Jan 1918 (No 55 G Hosp) Emb for Eng, Field
29 Jan 1918 (H?eps NZEF (UK)) Adm AAW Lon Gen Hosp, England
22 Feb 1918 (Do) Tfd to Walton, England
23 Feb 1918 (Do) Placed on Dangerously ill list of No 2 NZ G Hosp
02 Mar 1918 (Do) Tfd from Dangerously ill to seriusly ill list at Walton & Improving
06 Apr 1918 (Do) Emb for NZ Per HS Marama, Avonmouth
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Military Medical Record:
24 Oct 1915: admitted to Second Southern Gen. Hos. Bristol, Maudlin St Section. Sick, not severe.
23 Oct 1917: Cable sent. In France. Admitted 14th GH 15-10-17. Diarrhoea.
06 Nov 1917: Cable sent. In France. Disch. to Base Dep France 6.11.17.
04 Feb 1918: Cable sent. France. a/ Ldn. Mil. Hos. Clapiors(?) Jan 29.18 Pneumonia.
25 Feb 1918: Cable sent. In London. Dang. ill 23.2.18 W on T Hosp - Broncho Pneumonia.
27 Feb 1918: Cable sent. In London. Trans. M on T Hos. 22.2.18.
04 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London. P.R. dang. ill N.R. ser. ill 2.3.18. Improving.
11 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London. Still ser. ill 9.3.18. Improving.
18 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London. Still ser. ill 16.3.18. Improving.
25 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London: Still ser. ill March 23 1918. Improving.
27 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London: Still ser. ill March 25th 1918. Improving.
02 Apr 1918: Cable sent. In London: Still ser. ill 30.3.18. Improving.
06 Apr 1918: Cable sent. In Avonmouth. Emb for NZ per HS "Marama"
08 Apr 1918: Cable sent. In London(?!): Still ser. ill 7.4.18. Trans to HS "Marama".
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Medical Report on an Invalid:
Stamp: No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 27 Mar 1918
Unit: N.Z.E.
Regimental No. 4/614
Rank Spr
Name HANLON S.
Age last birthday 24
Enlisted Oct 30th 1914, Auckland
Former occupation: FARMER
Previous army service: none
Disability: PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA
Date of origin Dec 1917
Place Belgium
Facts: Had been short of breath and easily exhausted for some weeks when on evening Jan 9, 1918 he was seized with a pain in his chest and M.O. was called in. Temp 103 falling to normal in 2 days (55th Gen Hosp). [noted? here?] greatly debilitated. Dyspnoea. Epistaxis? no definite P.S. in chest. Evacuated on 22.1.18 to City of London. Here noted trace of albumin. No P.S. chest. T.B. negative is assumed neg. (no blood count done apparently). Slight Pyrexia Feb 3 & 4th accompanied by few ?r?l?s base of lungs. Transf to No 2 NZGH Feb 22 1918. Blood count done here = [illeg.] (see other side) very anaemic, debilitated and emaciated on arrival. Has been confined to bed ever since.
Next page: medical figures with note:
Somewhat better than on arrival but very feeble & emaciated. Skin somewhat lemon coloured. This count [illeg] C.I. is strongly presumptive of 'Pernicious Anaemia'....
I recommend Evac. to NZ for discha as P.U.
Stamp (again): No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 27 Mar 1918
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Medical Exam Report: Auckland Hospital, 5th August 1918
4/614, Hanlon S., Sapper
Date & place of injury/sickness: Decr 1917 Ypres
Where under treatment abroad: Walton
Return to New Zealand: 14.5.1918, vessel Marama
Nature of wound or sickness: Pernicious Anaemia
Present treatment: Auckland Hospital, admitted 14.5.18 inpatient
Present condition: Still shortwinded. No bleeding from nose. Pain in legs. Temperature rises after exertion. Gets very exhausted. No enlargement of glands. Nothing in family history to be found out. Report states negative Wasserman. Weight increasing. No albumin in urine. Heart sounds normal. Report states "the albumin is now almost normal and the patient is visibly improved since coming into Hospital."
Further treatment here.
(signed) J.M. Clinton
(stamped) 23 AUG 1918
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Death registration: 1918
New Zealand death registration number 1918/17241
Sylvester Hayward Hanlon
age 25
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Burial record: Auckland Council
Sylvester Hayward Hanlon
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death: 13 September 1918
Age at death: Unknown
Gender: Male
Region: North
Cemetery name: Birkenhead Catholic Cemetery
Plot location: Birkenhead Catholic Cemetery, Catholic Area, Block H, Plot 08
Remains type: Body
Date of burial: 13 September 1918
Funeral director: Unknown
notes:
1. Sylvester was buried next to his mother who is in Block H plot 7, died 1917.
2. Sylvester's funeral was actually 15 Sep 1918.
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Sylvester's middle name was given by his father in honour of the grandmother he never met, who died in 1891. William had grown up in Wanganui District, the son of settlers John Hanlon, an Irish-born bricklayer, and his English-born wife Sarah Hayward/Haywood. William was a painter and moved his young family to Northcote, Auckland where he continued his painting business. Sylvester first attended the normal school in Auckland and then the newly opened Sacred Heart College in Ponsonby, across the water from his home in Northcote. In 1907 he won the fifth year prize there for geography, earning a mention in the Auckland Star newspaper.
In 1911 Sylvester's father went to visit his brother Laurence Hanlon in Palmerston North and was taken ill; he died there on 16 Sep 1911 at the age of 44. Sylvester was 18.
On leaving school Sylvester worked briefly in accounting, was a member of the Auckland Ambulance Corps and then switched to farming. In his last job before enlistment he was living in Pukemiro to work on a farm for R.D. Kelsey.
He was engaged to Lily Clara Golden of Northcote, Auckland and listed her as his legatee in his military papers. After the war his three medals (1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal) were issued to Lily.
Military Service Summary:
HANLON, SYLVESTER HAYWARD Sapper 4/614 13/09/1918
N.Z. Eng., New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF); later transferred to Mounted Signal Troop.
Buried: H. 8. BIRKENHEAD CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Having attested at Auckland on 14 Oct 1914, he embarked for the War two months later, spending Christmas at sea. He saw action in Egypt (1915), the Dardanelles (1915) and France/Belgium (1917).
Whilst laying cables at Gallipoli in mid August 1915, he had a close escape on finding his group of four engineers suddenly surrounded by enemy soldiers. Unarmed and choosing not to surrender, he ran under fire towards a cliff and jumped off. He sustained an abdominal rupture and a gunshot wound to his left hand. It took a year to recover. He was shipped to Egypt and admitted to Abassia Hospital, Cairo on 25 Aug 1915, then the convalescent camp at Mustapha, Alexandria on 08 Sep 1915. In a letter home he told his mother "They wanted me to go under an operation here, but I would not agree, as the heat is terrible, and there is a lot of septic poisoning around." In October he was shipped to England aboard the HS Adania, disembarking on 15 Oct 1915 for admission to the Second Southern General Hospital in Bristol. He was operated for a left inguinal hernia and discharged late November after a six week stay, with an additional furlough in December for recovery. In January 1916 he started duties in England where he held various positions for the rest of the year including promotions to Lance Corporal, Temporary Corporal and Acting Sergeant. One of his papers from this period lists a Miss D. Mayes, 3 Carlton House, Herbert Rd, Hendon N.W. 9 [London, England] as his fiancee.
He left England on 02 May 1917 for active service on the Western Front, first in France and then Belgium. In Ypres, Belgium, he suffered from increasing exhaustion in December 1917. A medic had to be called on 08 Jan 1918 when he "was seized with a pain in his chest". He was evacuated to a field hospital where he was treated for pneumonia. After mild improvement he remained weak and bedridden for three weeks so was transferred to London General Hospital on 29 Jan 1918 and later No. 2 NZ General Hospital in Walton on Thames. There he was put on the "dangerously ill list" on 23 Feb 1918. He was diagnosed with Pernicious Anaemia, leading to an Invalid Report on 27 Mar 1918 declaring him "Permanently Unfit" and recommending he be shipped home. He embarked the HS Marama at Avonmouth on 06 Apr 1918. The ship's medical officer noted of his journey that he "Has been very feeble on board - occasional attacks of sickness apparently independant of weather conditions." Arriving in New Zealand on 14 May 1918, he was admitted to Auckland Hospital the next day and died there four months later on 13 Sep 1918.
Sylvester Hanlon was buried with full military honours including a gun carriage to transport the coffin, a graveside gun salute and a trumpet band who followed the cortege and played the last stand.
Bio by Annemarie Hanlon
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Birth registration: 1893
New Zealand birth registration number 1893/11524
Sylvester Haywood Hanlon
mother: Margaret
father: William
Note spelling of middle name at birth was Haywood
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Medical Exam: 22 Oct 1914, Auckland
born Wanganui, New Zealand
age 21 years 3 1/2 months (Note: suggests born 1893, not 1892)
occupation Farmer
height 6 ft 1/2 in
weight 12 st 9 1/4 lb
chest 34 in min, 38 in max
(signed) W.H. Parkes
Enlisted on 27th October 1914 at Auckland
Joined Mtd Signal Troop, Regimental No. 4/614, 27/10/14
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Military Service:
14 Oct 1914: attestation
27 Oct 1914 to 14 Dec 1914 : 49 days in New Zealand
14 Dec 1914: Embarked
15 Dec 1914 to 28 Jan 1915: 45 days at sea
19 Jan 1915: disembarked in Egypt
09 May 1915: Alexandria Nom. Roll, emb for Gallipoli
25 Aug 1915: Adm to NZ Gen Hosp. in Abbassia for GSW (L) hand and Inguinal Hernia
02 Sep 1915: cable sent, wounded hand in Dardanelles
11 Sep 1915: Adm to NZ Base Depot at Mustapha
25 Sep 1915: Admitted Do Ing Hernia
15 Oct 1915 to 26 Nov 1915: in hospital, Bristol
26 Nov 1915 to 10 Dec 1915 Furlough
11 Jan 1916: (F.E.) Transferred to Weymouth Camp
10 Jun 1916: (F.E.) Returned to duty with Coy. from R.M.P.
14 Jun 1916: Leaving Command Depot, Hornchurch, transferred to Hing? Camp from Hornchurch
18 Sep 1916: (N.Z. R. Sig. Unit) Att to W (R.E.) Coy while awaiting draft
05 Oct 1916: (N.Z. R. Sig. Unit) Appointed Lance Corporal at Hitchin, Herts. Rank: L. Corp
08 Jan 1917: (Headquarters) Appointed Temp Corporal at Hitchin, Herts. Rank: T/ Corp
06 Mar 1917: (Headquarters) Appointed acting Sergt in England. Rank: Sergt
06 Mar 1917: (Div. Sig. Coy.) Appointed Acting - Sergt. Rank: Sergt
02 May 1917: (N.Z. R. Signal Co.) Left for France, proceeding Overseas. Rank: Sergt
02 May 1917: (Hdqrs COBE/DSC) Reverts to rank of Spr. as from 2.5.17. Rank: Spr.
02 May 1917: (Hdqrs COBE/DSC) To be A/Sgt. as from 2.5.17. Rank: A/Sgt
02 May 1917: App A/Sgt (Eng), rank A/Sgt
04 May 1917: (R.E. Sig Depot) Attached NZ W, in Field
15 May 1917 Relinquished appts of T/Cpl & his appointment act Sgt.
11 Jun 1917 (R.E. Sig Depot) Detached to NZ Reinf Camp, in Field
14 Jun 1917 (NZ Reinf Camp) Attached ?GNZW, in Field
24 Jun 1917 (NZ Reinf Camp) Detached to Divn & relinquishes appt of act/Sgt, in Field
09 Sep 1917 Evac to Hosp, sick, Field
09 Sep 1917 (No 2 NZFA) Admitted, Myalgia, Field
11 Sep 1917 (No 2 NZFA) Discharged to Duty, Field
11 Sep 1917 (Div Sig Coy) Rejoined Unit from Amb, Field
12 Oct 1917 (Div Sig Coy) Evac to Hosp, sick, Field
13 Oct 1917 (No 1 NZFAmb) Adm & tfd to CCS, Diarrhoea, Field
15 Oct 1917 (3 And CCS) Adm 13/19/17 & tfd to At 11, Diarrhoea, Field
15 Oct 1917 (No 14 G Hosp) Adm No 14 Gen Hosp, Diarrhoea, Field
19 Oct 1917 (No 14 G Hosp) Tfa to No 1 Con Depot, Diarrhoea, Field
19 Oct 1917 (No 1 Con Depot) Admitted, Diarrhoea, Field
29 Oct 1917 (No 1 Con Depot) Tfa to No 3 Rest Camp, Diarrhoea, Field
01 Nov 1917 (R.E. Sig Dept) Attached R.E. Sig Dept, Abbeville
13 Nov 1917 (R.E. Sig Dept) Admitted Hosp, Abbeville
13 Nov 1917 (No 2 ?Ral Hosp) Adm No 2 ?Slal Hosp, Abbeville
27 Nov 1917 (No 2 ?Ral Hosp) Dischgd to Unit, Field
27 Nov 1917 (Sig Dept(R.E.)) Rejoined Dept, Field
06Jan 1918 (Sig Dept(R.E.)) Detached to Divn, Field
08 Jan 1918 (Div Sig Coy) Evac to Hosp whilst en route from Base to Unit, Field
09 Jan 1918 (No 1 NZFAmb) Admt & tfd to CCS, Field
22 Jan 1918 (No 63 CCS) Adm 9/1/18 & tfd to 64 CCS, Field
23 Jan 1918 (No 64 CCS) Adm 22/1/18 & tfd to AT 31, Field
23 Jan 1918 (No 55 G Hosp) Adm No 50 Gen Hosp, Field
29 Jan 1918 (No 55 G Hosp) Emb for Eng, Field
29 Jan 1918 (H?eps NZEF (UK)) Adm AAW Lon Gen Hosp, England
22 Feb 1918 (Do) Tfd to Walton, England
23 Feb 1918 (Do) Placed on Dangerously ill list of No 2 NZ G Hosp
02 Mar 1918 (Do) Tfd from Dangerously ill to seriusly ill list at Walton & Improving
06 Apr 1918 (Do) Emb for NZ Per HS Marama, Avonmouth
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Military Medical Record:
24 Oct 1915: admitted to Second Southern Gen. Hos. Bristol, Maudlin St Section. Sick, not severe.
23 Oct 1917: Cable sent. In France. Admitted 14th GH 15-10-17. Diarrhoea.
06 Nov 1917: Cable sent. In France. Disch. to Base Dep France 6.11.17.
04 Feb 1918: Cable sent. France. a/ Ldn. Mil. Hos. Clapiors(?) Jan 29.18 Pneumonia.
25 Feb 1918: Cable sent. In London. Dang. ill 23.2.18 W on T Hosp - Broncho Pneumonia.
27 Feb 1918: Cable sent. In London. Trans. M on T Hos. 22.2.18.
04 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London. P.R. dang. ill N.R. ser. ill 2.3.18. Improving.
11 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London. Still ser. ill 9.3.18. Improving.
18 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London. Still ser. ill 16.3.18. Improving.
25 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London: Still ser. ill March 23 1918. Improving.
27 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London: Still ser. ill March 25th 1918. Improving.
02 Apr 1918: Cable sent. In London: Still ser. ill 30.3.18. Improving.
06 Apr 1918: Cable sent. In Avonmouth. Emb for NZ per HS "Marama"
08 Apr 1918: Cable sent. In London(?!): Still ser. ill 7.4.18. Trans to HS "Marama".
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Medical Report on an Invalid:
Stamp: No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 27 Mar 1918
Unit: N.Z.E.
Regimental No. 4/614
Rank Spr
Name HANLON S.
Age last birthday 24
Enlisted Oct 30th 1914, Auckland
Former occupation: FARMER
Previous army service: none
Disability: PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA
Date of origin Dec 1917
Place Belgium
Facts: Had been short of breath and easily exhausted for some weeks when on evening Jan 9, 1918 he was seized with a pain in his chest and M.O. was called in. Temp 103 falling to normal in 2 days (55th Gen Hosp). [noted? here?] greatly debilitated. Dyspnoea. Epistaxis? no definite P.S. in chest. Evacuated on 22.1.18 to City of London. Here noted trace of albumin. No P.S. chest. T.B. negative is assumed neg. (no blood count done apparently). Slight Pyrexia Feb 3 & 4th accompanied by few ?r?l?s base of lungs. Transf to No 2 NZGH Feb 22 1918. Blood count done here = [illeg.] (see other side) very anaemic, debilitated and emaciated on arrival. Has been confined to bed ever since.
Next page: medical figures with note:
Somewhat better than on arrival but very feeble & emaciated. Skin somewhat lemon coloured. This count [illeg] C.I. is strongly presumptive of 'Pernicious Anaemia'....
I recommend Evac. to NZ for discha as P.U.
Stamp (again): No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 27 Mar 1918
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Medical Exam Report: Auckland Hospital, 5th August 1918
4/614, Hanlon S., Sapper
Date & place of injury/sickness: Decr 1917 Ypres
Where under treatment abroad: Walton
Return to New Zealand: 14.5.1918, vessel Marama
Nature of wound or sickness: Pernicious Anaemia
Present treatment: Auckland Hospital, admitted 14.5.18 inpatient
Present condition: Still shortwinded. No bleeding from nose. Pain in legs. Temperature rises after exertion. Gets very exhausted. No enlargement of glands. Nothing in family history to be found out. Report states negative Wasserman. Weight increasing. No albumin in urine. Heart sounds normal. Report states "the albumin is now almost normal and the patient is visibly improved since coming into Hospital."
Further treatment here.
(signed) J.M. Clinton
(stamped) 23 AUG 1918
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Death registration: 1918
New Zealand death registration number 1918/17241
Sylvester Hayward Hanlon
age 25
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Burial record: Auckland Council
Sylvester Hayward Hanlon
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death: 13 September 1918
Age at death: Unknown
Gender: Male
Region: North
Cemetery name: Birkenhead Catholic Cemetery
Plot location: Birkenhead Catholic Cemetery, Catholic Area, Block H, Plot 08
Remains type: Body
Date of burial: 13 September 1918
Funeral director: Unknown
notes:
1. Sylvester was buried next to his mother who is in Block H plot 7, died 1917.
2. Sylvester's funeral was actually 15 Sep 1918.
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Born in Wanganui, New Zealand on 04 Jul 1893, the only child of William Hanlon and Margaret (Hyland) Hanlon, birth registration 1893/11524. Note: several military records show 1892 but their own admission medical report on 22 Oct 1914 states his age at the time was 21 years, 3 1/2 months and also their later records agree with 1893.
Sylvester's middle name was given by his father in honour of the grandmother he never met, who died in 1891. William had grown up in Wanganui District, the son of settlers John Hanlon, an Irish-born bricklayer, and his English-born wife Sarah Hayward/Haywood. William was a painter and moved his young family to Northcote, Auckland where he continued his painting business. Sylvester first attended the normal school in Auckland and then the newly opened Sacred Heart College in Ponsonby, across the water from his home in Northcote. In 1907 he won the fifth year prize there for geography, earning a mention in the Auckland Star newspaper.
In 1911 Sylvester's father went to visit his brother Laurence Hanlon in Palmerston North and was taken ill; he died there on 16 Sep 1911 at the age of 44. Sylvester was 18.
On leaving school Sylvester worked briefly in accounting, was a member of the Auckland Ambulance Corps and then switched to farming. In his last job before enlistment he was living in Pukemiro to work on a farm for R.D. Kelsey.
He was engaged to Lily Clara Golden of Northcote, Auckland and listed her as his legatee in his military papers. After the war his three medals (1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal) were issued to Lily.
Military Service Summary:
HANLON, SYLVESTER HAYWARD Sapper 4/614 13/09/1918
N.Z. Eng., New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF); later transferred to Mounted Signal Troop.
Buried: H. 8. BIRKENHEAD CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Having attested at Auckland on 14 Oct 1914, he embarked for the War two months later, spending Christmas at sea. He saw action in Egypt (1915), the Dardanelles (1915) and France/Belgium (1917).
Whilst laying cables at Gallipoli in mid August 1915, he had a close escape on finding his group of four engineers suddenly surrounded by enemy soldiers. Unarmed and choosing not to surrender, he ran under fire towards a cliff and jumped off. He sustained an abdominal rupture and a gunshot wound to his left hand. It took a year to recover. He was shipped to Egypt and admitted to Abassia Hospital, Cairo on 25 Aug 1915, then the convalescent camp at Mustapha, Alexandria on 08 Sep 1915. In a letter home he told his mother "They wanted me to go under an operation here, but I would not agree, as the heat is terrible, and there is a lot of septic poisoning around." In October he was shipped to England aboard the HS Adania, disembarking on 15 Oct 1915 for admission to the Second Southern General Hospital in Bristol. He was operated for a left inguinal hernia and discharged late November after a six week stay, with an additional furlough in December for recovery. In January 1916 he started duties in England where he held various positions for the rest of the year including promotions to Lance Corporal, Temporary Corporal and Acting Sergeant. One of his papers from this period lists a Miss D. Mayes, 3 Carlton House, Herbert Rd, Hendon N.W. 9 [London, England] as his fiancee.
He left England on 02 May 1917 for active service on the Western Front, first in France and then Belgium. In Ypres, Belgium, he suffered from increasing exhaustion in December 1917. A medic had to be called on 08 Jan 1918 when he "was seized with a pain in his chest". He was evacuated to a field hospital where he was treated for pneumonia. After mild improvement he remained weak and bedridden for three weeks so was transferred to London General Hospital on 29 Jan 1918 and later No. 2 NZ General Hospital in Walton on Thames. There he was put on the "dangerously ill list" on 23 Feb 1918. He was diagnosed with Pernicious Anaemia, leading to an Invalid Report on 27 Mar 1918 declaring him "Permanently Unfit" and recommending he be shipped home. He embarked the HS Marama at Avonmouth on 06 Apr 1918. The ship's medical officer noted of his journey that he "Has been very feeble on board - occasional attacks of sickness apparently independant of weather conditions." Arriving in New Zealand on 14 May 1918, he was admitted to Auckland Hospital the next day and died there four months later on 13 Sep 1918.
Sylvester Hanlon was buried with full military honours including a gun carriage to transport the coffin, a graveside gun salute and a trumpet band who followed the cortege and played the last stand.
Bio by Annemarie Hanlon
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Birth registration: 1893
New Zealand birth registration number 1893/11524
Sylvester Haywood Hanlon
mother: Margaret
father: William
Note spelling of middle name at birth was Haywood
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Medical Exam: 22 Oct 1914, Auckland
born Wanganui, New Zealand
age 21 years 3 1/2 months (Note: suggests born 1893, not 1892)
occupation Farmer
height 6 ft 1/2 in
weight 12 st 9 1/4 lb
chest 34 in min, 38 in max
(signed) W.H. Parkes
Enlisted on 27th October 1914 at Auckland
Joined Mtd Signal Troop, Regimental No. 4/614, 27/10/14
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Military Service:
14 Oct 1914: attestation
27 Oct 1914 to 14 Dec 1914 : 49 days in New Zealand
14 Dec 1914: Embarked
15 Dec 1914 to 28 Jan 1915: 45 days at sea
19 Jan 1915: disembarked in Egypt
09 May 1915: Alexandria Nom. Roll, emb for Gallipoli
25 Aug 1915: Adm to NZ Gen Hosp. in Abbassia for GSW (L) hand and Inguinal Hernia
02 Sep 1915: cable sent, wounded hand in Dardanelles
11 Sep 1915: Adm to NZ Base Depot at Mustapha
25 Sep 1915: Admitted Do Ing Hernia
15 Oct 1915 to 26 Nov 1915: in hospital, Bristol
26 Nov 1915 to 10 Dec 1915 Furlough
11 Jan 1916: (F.E.) Transferred to Weymouth Camp
10 Jun 1916: (F.E.) Returned to duty with Coy. from R.M.P.
14 Jun 1916: Leaving Command Depot, Hornchurch, transferred to Hing? Camp from Hornchurch
18 Sep 1916: (N.Z. R. Sig. Unit) Att to W (R.E.) Coy while awaiting draft
05 Oct 1916: (N.Z. R. Sig. Unit) Appointed Lance Corporal at Hitchin, Herts. Rank: L. Corp
08 Jan 1917: (Headquarters) Appointed Temp Corporal at Hitchin, Herts. Rank: T/ Corp
06 Mar 1917: (Headquarters) Appointed acting Sergt in England. Rank: Sergt
06 Mar 1917: (Div. Sig. Coy.) Appointed Acting - Sergt. Rank: Sergt
02 May 1917: (N.Z. R. Signal Co.) Left for France, proceeding Overseas. Rank: Sergt
02 May 1917: (Hdqrs COBE/DSC) Reverts to rank of Spr. as from 2.5.17. Rank: Spr.
02 May 1917: (Hdqrs COBE/DSC) To be A/Sgt. as from 2.5.17. Rank: A/Sgt
02 May 1917: App A/Sgt (Eng), rank A/Sgt
04 May 1917: (R.E. Sig Depot) Attached NZ W, in Field
15 May 1917 Relinquished appts of T/Cpl & his appointment act Sgt.
11 Jun 1917 (R.E. Sig Depot) Detached to NZ Reinf Camp, in Field
14 Jun 1917 (NZ Reinf Camp) Attached ?GNZW, in Field
24 Jun 1917 (NZ Reinf Camp) Detached to Divn & relinquishes appt of act/Sgt, in Field
09 Sep 1917 Evac to Hosp, sick, Field
09 Sep 1917 (No 2 NZFA) Admitted, Myalgia, Field
11 Sep 1917 (No 2 NZFA) Discharged to Duty, Field
11 Sep 1917 (Div Sig Coy) Rejoined Unit from Amb, Field
12 Oct 1917 (Div Sig Coy) Evac to Hosp, sick, Field
13 Oct 1917 (No 1 NZFAmb) Adm & tfd to CCS, Diarrhoea, Field
15 Oct 1917 (3 And CCS) Adm 13/19/17 & tfd to At 11, Diarrhoea, Field
15 Oct 1917 (No 14 G Hosp) Adm No 14 Gen Hosp, Diarrhoea, Field
19 Oct 1917 (No 14 G Hosp) Tfa to No 1 Con Depot, Diarrhoea, Field
19 Oct 1917 (No 1 Con Depot) Admitted, Diarrhoea, Field
29 Oct 1917 (No 1 Con Depot) Tfa to No 3 Rest Camp, Diarrhoea, Field
01 Nov 1917 (R.E. Sig Dept) Attached R.E. Sig Dept, Abbeville
13 Nov 1917 (R.E. Sig Dept) Admitted Hosp, Abbeville
13 Nov 1917 (No 2 ?Ral Hosp) Adm No 2 ?Slal Hosp, Abbeville
27 Nov 1917 (No 2 ?Ral Hosp) Dischgd to Unit, Field
27 Nov 1917 (Sig Dept(R.E.)) Rejoined Dept, Field
06Jan 1918 (Sig Dept(R.E.)) Detached to Divn, Field
08 Jan 1918 (Div Sig Coy) Evac to Hosp whilst en route from Base to Unit, Field
09 Jan 1918 (No 1 NZFAmb) Admt & tfd to CCS, Field
22 Jan 1918 (No 63 CCS) Adm 9/1/18 & tfd to 64 CCS, Field
23 Jan 1918 (No 64 CCS) Adm 22/1/18 & tfd to AT 31, Field
23 Jan 1918 (No 55 G Hosp) Adm No 50 Gen Hosp, Field
29 Jan 1918 (No 55 G Hosp) Emb for Eng, Field
29 Jan 1918 (H?eps NZEF (UK)) Adm AAW Lon Gen Hosp, England
22 Feb 1918 (Do) Tfd to Walton, England
23 Feb 1918 (Do) Placed on Dangerously ill list of No 2 NZ G Hosp
02 Mar 1918 (Do) Tfd from Dangerously ill to seriusly ill list at Walton & Improving
06 Apr 1918 (Do) Emb for NZ Per HS Marama, Avonmouth
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Military Medical Record:
24 Oct 1915: admitted to Second Southern Gen. Hos. Bristol, Maudlin St Section. Sick, not severe.
23 Oct 1917: Cable sent. In France. Admitted 14th GH 15-10-17. Diarrhoea.
06 Nov 1917: Cable sent. In France. Disch. to Base Dep France 6.11.17.
04 Feb 1918: Cable sent. France. a/ Ldn. Mil. Hos. Clapiors(?) Jan 29.18 Pneumonia.
25 Feb 1918: Cable sent. In London. Dang. ill 23.2.18 W on T Hosp - Broncho Pneumonia.
27 Feb 1918: Cable sent. In London. Trans. M on T Hos. 22.2.18.
04 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London. P.R. dang. ill N.R. ser. ill 2.3.18. Improving.
11 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London. Still ser. ill 9.3.18. Improving.
18 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London. Still ser. ill 16.3.18. Improving.
25 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London: Still ser. ill March 23 1918. Improving.
27 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London: Still ser. ill March 25th 1918. Improving.
02 Apr 1918: Cable sent. In London: Still ser. ill 30.3.18. Improving.
06 Apr 1918: Cable sent. In Avonmouth. Emb for NZ per HS "Marama"
08 Apr 1918: Cable sent. In London(?!): Still ser. ill 7.4.18. Trans to HS "Marama".
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Medical Report on an Invalid:
Stamp: No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 27 Mar 1918
Unit: N.Z.E.
Regimental No. 4/614
Rank Spr
Name HANLON S.
Age last birthday 24
Enlisted Oct 30th 1914, Auckland
Former occupation: FARMER
Previous army service: none
Disability: PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA
Date of origin Dec 1917
Place Belgium
Facts: Had been short of breath and easily exhausted for some weeks when on evening Jan 9, 1918 he was seized with a pain in his chest and M.O. was called in. Temp 103 falling to normal in 2 days (55th Gen Hosp). [noted? here?] greatly debilitated. Dyspnoea. Epistaxis? no definite P.S. in chest. Evacuated on 22.1.18 to City of London. Here noted trace of albumin. No P.S. chest. T.B. negative is assumed neg. (no blood count done apparently). Slight Pyrexia Feb 3 & 4th accompanied by few ?r?l?s base of lungs. Transf to No 2 NZGH Feb 22 1918. Blood count done here = [illeg.] (see other side) very anaemic, debilitated and emaciated on arrival. Has been confined to bed ever since.
Next page: medical figures with note:
Somewhat better than on arrival but very feeble & emaciated. Skin somewhat lemon coloured. This count [illeg] C.I. is strongly presumptive of 'Pernicious Anaemia'....
I recommend Evac. to NZ for discha as P.U.
Stamp (again): No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 27 Mar 1918
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Medical Exam Report: Auckland Hospital, 5th August 1918
4/614, Hanlon S., Sapper
Date & place of injury/sickness: Decr 1917 Ypres
Where under treatment abroad: Walton
Return to New Zealand: 14.5.1918, vessel Marama
Nature of wound or sickness: Pernicious Anaemia
Present treatment: Auckland Hospital, admitted 14.5.18 inpatient
Present condition: Still shortwinded. No bleeding from nose. Pain in legs. Temperature rises after exertion. Gets very exhausted. No enlargement of glands. Nothing in family history to be found out. Report states negative Wasserman. Weight increasing. No albumin in urine. Heart sounds normal. Report states "the albumin is now almost normal and the patient is visibly improved since coming into Hospital."
Further treatment here.
(signed) J.M. Clinton
(stamped) 23 AUG 1918
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Death registration: 1918
New Zealand death registration number 1918/17241
Sylvester Hayward Hanlon
age 25
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Burial record: Auckland Council
Sylvester Hayward Hanlon
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death: 13 September 1918
Age at death: Unknown
Gender: Male
Region: North
Cemetery name: Birkenhead Catholic Cemetery
Plot location: Birkenhead Catholic Cemetery, Catholic Area, Block H, Plot 08
Remains type: Body
Date of burial: 13 September 1918
Funeral director: Unknown
notes:
1. Sylvester was buried next to his mother who is in Block H plot 7, died 1917.
2. Sylvester's funeral was actually 15 Sep 1918.
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Sylvester's middle name was given by his father in honour of the grandmother he never met, who died in 1891. William had grown up in Wanganui District, the son of settlers John Hanlon, an Irish-born bricklayer, and his English-born wife Sarah Hayward/Haywood. William was a painter and moved his young family to Northcote, Auckland where he continued his painting business. Sylvester first attended the normal school in Auckland and then the newly opened Sacred Heart College in Ponsonby, across the water from his home in Northcote. In 1907 he won the fifth year prize there for geography, earning a mention in the Auckland Star newspaper.
In 1911 Sylvester's father went to visit his brother Laurence Hanlon in Palmerston North and was taken ill; he died there on 16 Sep 1911 at the age of 44. Sylvester was 18.
On leaving school Sylvester worked briefly in accounting, was a member of the Auckland Ambulance Corps and then switched to farming. In his last job before enlistment he was living in Pukemiro to work on a farm for R.D. Kelsey.
He was engaged to Lily Clara Golden of Northcote, Auckland and listed her as his legatee in his military papers. After the war his three medals (1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal) were issued to Lily.
Military Service Summary:
HANLON, SYLVESTER HAYWARD Sapper 4/614 13/09/1918
N.Z. Eng., New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF); later transferred to Mounted Signal Troop.
Buried: H. 8. BIRKENHEAD CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Having attested at Auckland on 14 Oct 1914, he embarked for the War two months later, spending Christmas at sea. He saw action in Egypt (1915), the Dardanelles (1915) and France/Belgium (1917).
Whilst laying cables at Gallipoli in mid August 1915, he had a close escape on finding his group of four engineers suddenly surrounded by enemy soldiers. Unarmed and choosing not to surrender, he ran under fire towards a cliff and jumped off. He sustained an abdominal rupture and a gunshot wound to his left hand. It took a year to recover. He was shipped to Egypt and admitted to Abassia Hospital, Cairo on 25 Aug 1915, then the convalescent camp at Mustapha, Alexandria on 08 Sep 1915. In a letter home he told his mother "They wanted me to go under an operation here, but I would not agree, as the heat is terrible, and there is a lot of septic poisoning around." In October he was shipped to England aboard the HS Adania, disembarking on 15 Oct 1915 for admission to the Second Southern General Hospital in Bristol. He was operated for a left inguinal hernia and discharged late November after a six week stay, with an additional furlough in December for recovery. In January 1916 he started duties in England where he held various positions for the rest of the year including promotions to Lance Corporal, Temporary Corporal and Acting Sergeant. One of his papers from this period lists a Miss D. Mayes, 3 Carlton House, Herbert Rd, Hendon N.W. 9 [London, England] as his fiancee.
He left England on 02 May 1917 for active service on the Western Front, first in France and then Belgium. In Ypres, Belgium, he suffered from increasing exhaustion in December 1917. A medic had to be called on 08 Jan 1918 when he "was seized with a pain in his chest". He was evacuated to a field hospital where he was treated for pneumonia. After mild improvement he remained weak and bedridden for three weeks so was transferred to London General Hospital on 29 Jan 1918 and later No. 2 NZ General Hospital in Walton on Thames. There he was put on the "dangerously ill list" on 23 Feb 1918. He was diagnosed with Pernicious Anaemia, leading to an Invalid Report on 27 Mar 1918 declaring him "Permanently Unfit" and recommending he be shipped home. He embarked the HS Marama at Avonmouth on 06 Apr 1918. The ship's medical officer noted of his journey that he "Has been very feeble on board - occasional attacks of sickness apparently independant of weather conditions." Arriving in New Zealand on 14 May 1918, he was admitted to Auckland Hospital the next day and died there four months later on 13 Sep 1918.
Sylvester Hanlon was buried with full military honours including a gun carriage to transport the coffin, a graveside gun salute and a trumpet band who followed the cortege and played the last stand.
Bio by Annemarie Hanlon
===============
Birth registration: 1893
New Zealand birth registration number 1893/11524
Sylvester Haywood Hanlon
mother: Margaret
father: William
Note spelling of middle name at birth was Haywood
===============
Medical Exam: 22 Oct 1914, Auckland
born Wanganui, New Zealand
age 21 years 3 1/2 months (Note: suggests born 1893, not 1892)
occupation Farmer
height 6 ft 1/2 in
weight 12 st 9 1/4 lb
chest 34 in min, 38 in max
(signed) W.H. Parkes
Enlisted on 27th October 1914 at Auckland
Joined Mtd Signal Troop, Regimental No. 4/614, 27/10/14
===============
Military Service:
14 Oct 1914: attestation
27 Oct 1914 to 14 Dec 1914 : 49 days in New Zealand
14 Dec 1914: Embarked
15 Dec 1914 to 28 Jan 1915: 45 days at sea
19 Jan 1915: disembarked in Egypt
09 May 1915: Alexandria Nom. Roll, emb for Gallipoli
25 Aug 1915: Adm to NZ Gen Hosp. in Abbassia for GSW (L) hand and Inguinal Hernia
02 Sep 1915: cable sent, wounded hand in Dardanelles
11 Sep 1915: Adm to NZ Base Depot at Mustapha
25 Sep 1915: Admitted Do Ing Hernia
15 Oct 1915 to 26 Nov 1915: in hospital, Bristol
26 Nov 1915 to 10 Dec 1915 Furlough
11 Jan 1916: (F.E.) Transferred to Weymouth Camp
10 Jun 1916: (F.E.) Returned to duty with Coy. from R.M.P.
14 Jun 1916: Leaving Command Depot, Hornchurch, transferred to Hing? Camp from Hornchurch
18 Sep 1916: (N.Z. R. Sig. Unit) Att to W (R.E.) Coy while awaiting draft
05 Oct 1916: (N.Z. R. Sig. Unit) Appointed Lance Corporal at Hitchin, Herts. Rank: L. Corp
08 Jan 1917: (Headquarters) Appointed Temp Corporal at Hitchin, Herts. Rank: T/ Corp
06 Mar 1917: (Headquarters) Appointed acting Sergt in England. Rank: Sergt
06 Mar 1917: (Div. Sig. Coy.) Appointed Acting - Sergt. Rank: Sergt
02 May 1917: (N.Z. R. Signal Co.) Left for France, proceeding Overseas. Rank: Sergt
02 May 1917: (Hdqrs COBE/DSC) Reverts to rank of Spr. as from 2.5.17. Rank: Spr.
02 May 1917: (Hdqrs COBE/DSC) To be A/Sgt. as from 2.5.17. Rank: A/Sgt
02 May 1917: App A/Sgt (Eng), rank A/Sgt
04 May 1917: (R.E. Sig Depot) Attached NZ W, in Field
15 May 1917 Relinquished appts of T/Cpl & his appointment act Sgt.
11 Jun 1917 (R.E. Sig Depot) Detached to NZ Reinf Camp, in Field
14 Jun 1917 (NZ Reinf Camp) Attached ?GNZW, in Field
24 Jun 1917 (NZ Reinf Camp) Detached to Divn & relinquishes appt of act/Sgt, in Field
09 Sep 1917 Evac to Hosp, sick, Field
09 Sep 1917 (No 2 NZFA) Admitted, Myalgia, Field
11 Sep 1917 (No 2 NZFA) Discharged to Duty, Field
11 Sep 1917 (Div Sig Coy) Rejoined Unit from Amb, Field
12 Oct 1917 (Div Sig Coy) Evac to Hosp, sick, Field
13 Oct 1917 (No 1 NZFAmb) Adm & tfd to CCS, Diarrhoea, Field
15 Oct 1917 (3 And CCS) Adm 13/19/17 & tfd to At 11, Diarrhoea, Field
15 Oct 1917 (No 14 G Hosp) Adm No 14 Gen Hosp, Diarrhoea, Field
19 Oct 1917 (No 14 G Hosp) Tfa to No 1 Con Depot, Diarrhoea, Field
19 Oct 1917 (No 1 Con Depot) Admitted, Diarrhoea, Field
29 Oct 1917 (No 1 Con Depot) Tfa to No 3 Rest Camp, Diarrhoea, Field
01 Nov 1917 (R.E. Sig Dept) Attached R.E. Sig Dept, Abbeville
13 Nov 1917 (R.E. Sig Dept) Admitted Hosp, Abbeville
13 Nov 1917 (No 2 ?Ral Hosp) Adm No 2 ?Slal Hosp, Abbeville
27 Nov 1917 (No 2 ?Ral Hosp) Dischgd to Unit, Field
27 Nov 1917 (Sig Dept(R.E.)) Rejoined Dept, Field
06Jan 1918 (Sig Dept(R.E.)) Detached to Divn, Field
08 Jan 1918 (Div Sig Coy) Evac to Hosp whilst en route from Base to Unit, Field
09 Jan 1918 (No 1 NZFAmb) Admt & tfd to CCS, Field
22 Jan 1918 (No 63 CCS) Adm 9/1/18 & tfd to 64 CCS, Field
23 Jan 1918 (No 64 CCS) Adm 22/1/18 & tfd to AT 31, Field
23 Jan 1918 (No 55 G Hosp) Adm No 50 Gen Hosp, Field
29 Jan 1918 (No 55 G Hosp) Emb for Eng, Field
29 Jan 1918 (H?eps NZEF (UK)) Adm AAW Lon Gen Hosp, England
22 Feb 1918 (Do) Tfd to Walton, England
23 Feb 1918 (Do) Placed on Dangerously ill list of No 2 NZ G Hosp
02 Mar 1918 (Do) Tfd from Dangerously ill to seriusly ill list at Walton & Improving
06 Apr 1918 (Do) Emb for NZ Per HS Marama, Avonmouth
===============
Military Medical Record:
24 Oct 1915: admitted to Second Southern Gen. Hos. Bristol, Maudlin St Section. Sick, not severe.
23 Oct 1917: Cable sent. In France. Admitted 14th GH 15-10-17. Diarrhoea.
06 Nov 1917: Cable sent. In France. Disch. to Base Dep France 6.11.17.
04 Feb 1918: Cable sent. France. a/ Ldn. Mil. Hos. Clapiors(?) Jan 29.18 Pneumonia.
25 Feb 1918: Cable sent. In London. Dang. ill 23.2.18 W on T Hosp - Broncho Pneumonia.
27 Feb 1918: Cable sent. In London. Trans. M on T Hos. 22.2.18.
04 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London. P.R. dang. ill N.R. ser. ill 2.3.18. Improving.
11 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London. Still ser. ill 9.3.18. Improving.
18 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London. Still ser. ill 16.3.18. Improving.
25 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London: Still ser. ill March 23 1918. Improving.
27 Mar 1918: Cable sent. In London: Still ser. ill March 25th 1918. Improving.
02 Apr 1918: Cable sent. In London: Still ser. ill 30.3.18. Improving.
06 Apr 1918: Cable sent. In Avonmouth. Emb for NZ per HS "Marama"
08 Apr 1918: Cable sent. In London(?!): Still ser. ill 7.4.18. Trans to HS "Marama".
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Medical Report on an Invalid:
Stamp: No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 27 Mar 1918
Unit: N.Z.E.
Regimental No. 4/614
Rank Spr
Name HANLON S.
Age last birthday 24
Enlisted Oct 30th 1914, Auckland
Former occupation: FARMER
Previous army service: none
Disability: PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA
Date of origin Dec 1917
Place Belgium
Facts: Had been short of breath and easily exhausted for some weeks when on evening Jan 9, 1918 he was seized with a pain in his chest and M.O. was called in. Temp 103 falling to normal in 2 days (55th Gen Hosp). [noted? here?] greatly debilitated. Dyspnoea. Epistaxis? no definite P.S. in chest. Evacuated on 22.1.18 to City of London. Here noted trace of albumin. No P.S. chest. T.B. negative is assumed neg. (no blood count done apparently). Slight Pyrexia Feb 3 & 4th accompanied by few ?r?l?s base of lungs. Transf to No 2 NZGH Feb 22 1918. Blood count done here = [illeg.] (see other side) very anaemic, debilitated and emaciated on arrival. Has been confined to bed ever since.
Next page: medical figures with note:
Somewhat better than on arrival but very feeble & emaciated. Skin somewhat lemon coloured. This count [illeg] C.I. is strongly presumptive of 'Pernicious Anaemia'....
I recommend Evac. to NZ for discha as P.U.
Stamp (again): No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 27 Mar 1918
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Medical Exam Report: Auckland Hospital, 5th August 1918
4/614, Hanlon S., Sapper
Date & place of injury/sickness: Decr 1917 Ypres
Where under treatment abroad: Walton
Return to New Zealand: 14.5.1918, vessel Marama
Nature of wound or sickness: Pernicious Anaemia
Present treatment: Auckland Hospital, admitted 14.5.18 inpatient
Present condition: Still shortwinded. No bleeding from nose. Pain in legs. Temperature rises after exertion. Gets very exhausted. No enlargement of glands. Nothing in family history to be found out. Report states negative Wasserman. Weight increasing. No albumin in urine. Heart sounds normal. Report states "the albumin is now almost normal and the patient is visibly improved since coming into Hospital."
Further treatment here.
(signed) J.M. Clinton
(stamped) 23 AUG 1918
===============
Death registration: 1918
New Zealand death registration number 1918/17241
Sylvester Hayward Hanlon
age 25
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Burial record: Auckland Council
Sylvester Hayward Hanlon
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death: 13 September 1918
Age at death: Unknown
Gender: Male
Region: North
Cemetery name: Birkenhead Catholic Cemetery
Plot location: Birkenhead Catholic Cemetery, Catholic Area, Block H, Plot 08
Remains type: Body
Date of burial: 13 September 1918
Funeral director: Unknown
notes:
1. Sylvester was buried next to his mother who is in Block H plot 7, died 1917.
2. Sylvester's funeral was actually 15 Sep 1918.
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S.H. HANLON
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died 13.9.1918
NZEF
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