Regimental number | 44280 |
Occupation | Shepherd |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Ethel Hobbs, Hawke's Bay Club, Napier |
Rank on embarkation | Rifleman |
Unit name | New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, April 1917, H Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on |
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917. | |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from |
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917. | |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 34 |
Place of burial | Bancourt 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 |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 18 |
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