Ernest HAWKE

Regimental number6/57
AddressEllesmere
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMrs Annie Hawke, Ellesmere, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Tahiti' and 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 1 May 1915 -02/05/1915
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialWalker's Ridge Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No 3), ANZAC, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Johannah Hawke, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Wife: Aimee Hawke, 386 Argyle Street, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Native of Pioneer, Tasmania, Australia
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Main Body

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