George Gordon HIBELL

Regimental number27012
OccupationAuctioneer
Next of kinFriend, Miss R Cox, 582 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank and Mary Hibell, Sumner, Christchurch
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2/1356 Sergeant Frank Pardoe HIBELL, 15th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, killed in action, 17 October 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 12

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