William Henry HAWKINS

Regimental number17593
OccupationClerk
Next of kinWife, Mrs F Hawkins, Brooks Square, Ponsonby, Auckland
Rank on embarkationSergeant Major
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 22nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Moeraki on 15 February 1917
Final rankTrooper
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 31 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialBeersheba War Cemetery (Row D, Grave No 5), Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Paul J. and Ann Hawkins (eldest son), Auckland; Wife: Francis Hawkins, 3 Mackelvie Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 54, p. 1

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