honorific_prefix caption laterwork branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards honorific_suffix battles birth_date alt rank image article_title name
brigadier general herbert general hart , in the uniform of a brigadier administrator of western samoa imperial war graves commission 25px new zealand military forces wellington 3rd new zealand -lrb- rifle -rrb- brigade infantry battalion 4th infantry brigade 2nd infantry brigade 05 march 1968 masterton , new zealand taratahi , new zealand new zealand knight companion of the order of the bath companion of the commander order of st michael and st george distinguished service order of mentioned in dispatches -lrb- 5 -rrb- croix de guerre with the palm colonial auxiliary forces officers ' decoration order of the british empire kbe cb cmg dso second boer war 13 october 1882 head uniform and regalia and shoulders portrait of a man in military brigadier general bg h hart.jpg herbert ernest hart
 sir herbert ernest hart
herbert ernest hart

brigadier general sir herbert ernest hart , kbe , cb , cmg , dso , vd -lrb- 13 october 1882 -- 5 march 1968 -rrb- was an officer in the new zealand military forces who served during the second boer war and the first world war .
he later served as the administrator of western samoa and worked for the imperial war graves commission .
hart volunteered for the ninth new zealand south african contingent , which was raised for service in south africa during the second boer war .
by the time the contingent arrived in south africa , the war was largely over .
he saw extensive action during the first world war as a volunteer with the new zealand expeditionary force , first at gallipoli and then on the western front .
by the end of the war , he had advanced in rank to brigadier general , commanding a number of brigades in the new zealand division .
trained as a lawyer before the war , hart returned to new zealand to resume his legal practice after his discharge from the new zealand expeditionary force .
he later served as administrator of western samoa from 1931 to 1935 and was knighted for his services in this role .
from 1936 to 1943 , he worked in the middle east for the imperial war graves commission , a task made difficult by the outbreak of the second world war and the subsequent fighting in the region .
following his retirement in late 1943 , he became involved in rotary international .
he died at his home in masterton on 5 march 1968 .
