THE PRO PATRIA PROJECT

ORR Eric Hamilton

7/1567, Major, 1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment, WW1

Home Guard Service WW2

CITATION

Distinguished Service Order

Gazetted 22 June 1918, p7396, Rec No 2056

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack.  He showed great determination and skill during an advance of one and a half miles.  On two occasions when the enemy pierced the line of the battalion on the left, he led forward a party under intense shell and machine gun fire, closing the gap and restoring the situation

Mention in Despatches

Gazetted 28 May 1918, p6204, Rec No 1935

Honours despatch for period 22 September 1917 to 24 February 1918 (Inclusive)

Mention in Despatches

Gazetted 31 December 1918, p15230

Sir D. Haig's despatch dated 8 November 1918, submitting names deserving of special mention.

AWARDS

Distinguished Service Order

1914-15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

       Mention in Despatches (2)

New Zealand War Service Medal

NOTES

Born 7 March 1880, Ashburton, New Zealand

Died 18 January 1959, Ashburton, New Zealand