. . "Major Norman Frederick Hastings, DSO (14 July 1879 \u2013 9 August 1915) served as Officer Commanding New Zealand's 6th (Manawatu) Squadron, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment. After serving with British military units during the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa, he worked as an engineering fitter with the New Zealand Railways Department workshops at Petone. He enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at the outbreak of World War I, and served with distinction before dying of wounds after the attack on Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli, in August 1915. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (second only to the Victoria Cross for officers), was Mentioned in Despatches, and was one of only 14 members of the New Zealand Army to receive the French Legion of Honour decoration during the war"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "New Zealand and Australian Division"@en . . . . . . "United Kingdom" . . . . . "6"^^ . . . . . . "34"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "1879-07-14"^^ . . . . . "Norman Frederick Hastings"@en . . . . "23"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Major Norman Frederick Hastings"@en . . . . . . . . . . "6"^^ . . . . . . . . . "6th (Manawatu) Squadron, Wellington Mounted Rifles" . . . . . . . . . . "Rimington's Scouts and Guides"@en . . . . . . . "New Zealand Expeditionary Force"@en . . . "New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade"@en . . . . . . . . . . "New Zealand"@en . "Major Norman Frederick Hastings"@en . "1909"^^ . "1097168255"^^ . . "1905"^^ . . "1902"^^ . . . . . . "World War I\n*Battle of Chunuk Bair"@en . . "1914"^^ . "\u0646\u0648\u0631\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0641\u0631\u064A\u062F\u0631\u064A\u0643 \u0647\u0627\u0633\u062A\u064A\u0646\u063A\u0632 (\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u062C\u0644\u064A\u0632\u064A\u0629: Norman Frederick Hastings)\u200F \u0647\u0648 \u0639\u0633\u0643\u0631\u064A \u0646\u064A\u0648\u0632\u064A\u0644\u0646\u062F\u064A\u060C \u0648\u0644\u062F \u0641\u064A 14 \u064A\u0648\u0644\u064A\u0648 1879 \u0641\u064A \u0623\u0648\u0643\u0644\u0627\u0646\u062F \u0641\u064A \u0646\u064A\u0648\u0632\u064A\u0644\u0646\u062F\u0627\u060C \u0648\u062A\u0648\u0641\u064A \u0641\u064A 9 \u0623\u063A\u0633\u0637\u0633 1915 \u0641\u064A \u062C\u0627\u0644\u064A\u0628\u0648\u0644\u064A \u0641\u064A \u062A\u0631\u0643\u064A\u0627."@ar . . . . . . . . . . "1899"^^ . . "35"^^ . . . . . "Legion of Honour"@en . "Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment"@en . . . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "1915-08-09"^^ . . . . . . . "New Zealand Army"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Mentioned in Despatches"@en . . . "36638175"^^ . . "\u0646\u0648\u0631\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0641\u0631\u064A\u062F\u0631\u064A\u0643 \u0647\u0627\u0633\u062A\u064A\u0646\u063A\u0632"@ar . . . . . . . . "A portrait of a soldier in a peaked cap"@en . . . . . . . "Died of Wounds, Gallipoli, August 1915"@en . . . . . . "Damant's Horse"@en . . . "\u0646\u0648\u0631\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0641\u0631\u064A\u062F\u0631\u064A\u0643 \u0647\u0627\u0633\u062A\u064A\u0646\u063A\u0632 (\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u062C\u0644\u064A\u0632\u064A\u0629: Norman Frederick Hastings)\u200F \u0647\u0648 \u0639\u0633\u0643\u0631\u064A \u0646\u064A\u0648\u0632\u064A\u0644\u0646\u062F\u064A\u060C \u0648\u0644\u062F \u0641\u064A 14 \u064A\u0648\u0644\u064A\u0648 1879 \u0641\u064A \u0623\u0648\u0643\u0644\u0627\u0646\u062F \u0641\u064A \u0646\u064A\u0648\u0632\u064A\u0644\u0646\u062F\u0627\u060C \u0648\u062A\u0648\u0641\u064A \u0641\u064A 9 \u0623\u063A\u0633\u0637\u0633 1915 \u0641\u064A \u062C\u0627\u0644\u064A\u0628\u0648\u0644\u064A \u0641\u064A \u062A\u0631\u0643\u064A\u0627."@ar . . . . . . . . . "New Zealand" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Major Norman Frederick Hastings, DSO (14 July 1879 \u2013 9 August 1915) served as Officer Commanding New Zealand's 6th (Manawatu) Squadron, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment. After serving with British military units during the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa, he worked as an engineering fitter with the New Zealand Railways Department workshops at Petone. He enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at the outbreak of World War I, and served with distinction before dying of wounds after the attack on Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli, in August 1915. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (second only to the Victoria Cross for officers), was Mentioned in Despatches, and was one of only 14 members of the New Zealand Army to receive the French Legion of Honour decoration during the war. The memorial flagstaff at Petone railway station appears to have been erected in his honour, and was the site of New Zealand's first public Anzac Day ceremony on 25 April 1916."@en . . "1899"^^ . . . . . "24738"^^ . .