Walter Thomas Hoare

Private

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bamford Hoare, of Wellington City.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

A large party of police and experienced bushmen set out from Waiouru to-day to search for a missing deerstalker, Walter Thomas Hoare aged about 23, of Lower Hutt. He had been missing in the rugged bush-clad Kaimanawa Ranges since Sunday, when he set out on a deer-hunting expedition. Hoare was a member of a party which camped in the ranges about five miles off the Desert road and about 20 miles from Waiouru. Having had experience in deer-stalking, he set out alone towards the heavy bush country, and had with him a supply of chocolate and raisins, a rifle and 30 rounds of ammunition. When he failed to return, the police at Taihape were notified, and Constable R. Gardiner, of Ohakune, organised a search party.

OTAGO DAILY TIMES, ISSUE 26135, 24 APRIL 1946, PAGE 6

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Casualty

Service Number:

457638

Name:

Walter Thomas Hoare

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Ordnance Corps

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Accidental Death

Date of Death:

21 April 1946

Day of Death:

Sunday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Lower Hutt (Taita) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

1. J. RSA. 5.6. 48.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand