The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1880
Captain Valter Hallhir Record no. 011395 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · killed in action, 17 January 1880
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 011395
Record of service
- Name
- Valter Hallhir
- Rank
- Captain
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 17 January 1880
- Cause
- killed in action
- Action
- The Winter Action at the Drowned Wood. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 30
- Regiment, same day
- 16 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 17 January 1880
1. The 1st Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: killed in action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 2 December 1849, at Weinfeld, The Sudmark
- Civil occupation
- soldier
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a soldier.
Next of kin
| child | Liesl Hallhir | born 1872, died 1889 | farm labourer | |
| child | Rosa Hallhir | born 1876, died 1939 | journalist | |
| father | Ivo Hallhir | born 1794, died 1870 | farmer | |
| mother | Ingrid Momann | born 1809, died 1852 | mason | |
| spouse | Wilma Moor | born 1844, died 1903 | farmer | married 30 June 1870 |
Next of kin as entered at the depot and confirmed by the National Archive.
Pension: the Ministry's pension under the War Widows Act and the Pensions Act is paid to the next of kin entered above, at the rate for the rank, from the first quarter-day after the date of loss.