In the meantime a court of inquiry was initiated at Zeitoun on 17 January 1916, with the Commanding Officer of the Wellington Mounted Rifle Regiment concluding at Serapeum on 3 March 1916 that Hastings had died of wounds received in action on 9 August 1915.
In the meantime, following the evacuation of the Allied force from Gallipoli, a court of inquiry was initiated at Zeitoun on 17 January 1916. The inquiry was concluded at Serapeum on 3 March 1916, where the Commanding Officer of the Wellington Mounted Rifle Regiment determined that Hastings had probably died of wounds received in action on 9 August 1915.