Oswald HOBBS

Regimental number44280
OccupationShepherd
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ethel Hobbs, Hawke's Bay Club, Napier
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, April 1917, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 31 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No 5), nr Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Alice Hobbs, Ashcott, Takapau
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 18

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