Robert Edwin HAWKES

Regimental number24/1679
Date of birth5 August 1880
Place of birthTapu, Thames
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Height5' 4"
Weight149 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Hawkes, Tapu, Thames
Previous military serviceServed in the Thames Naval Volunteers; resigned.
Enlistment date19 October 1915
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 3rd Reinforcements of 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit6th (Hauraki) Company, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 30 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialAdanac Military Cemetery (Plot VII, Row J, Grave No 18), Miraumont, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Commemorated in Tapu Cemetery.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 8 February 1916.

Admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 19 February 1916 (measles); discharged to duty, 6 March 1916.

Joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, Moascar, 18 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 8 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 6 June 1917 (gun shot wound, right arm), and admitted to No 77 Field Ambulance; transferred to 14th General Hospital, Wimereux, 7 June 1917; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 7 June 1917; discharged to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 13 June 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 26 June 1917.

On leave, 11 July 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 23 July 1917.

Sent to hospital as batman, 7 August 1917; rejoined unit, 4 August 1917.

Detached to School of Instruction, 19 July 1917; rejoined unit, 27 October 1917.

Detached to Headquarters, NZ Division, 29 November 1917; rejoined unit, 26 February 1918.

On leave to United Kingdom, 10 March 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 4 April 1918.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 30 August 1918 (multiple gun shot wounds), and admitted to1/2 East Lancashire Field Ambulance.

Died of wounds, 30 August 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 15, p. 8
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16793121