Hubert Maxwell WHICHELO

Regimental number10/1698
Date of birth21 October 1878
Place of birthWales
OccupationEngineer
AddressNgatapa, Poverty Bay
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Height5' 6"
Weight163 lbs
Next of kinF B Whichelo, 50 Elms Road, Leytonstone, England
Previous military serviceServed in 2nd Bn, Rifle Brigade, British Army; time expired. Not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date21 October 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 23), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Fredrick and Amelia Whichelo; Wife: Alice Elizabeth Whichelo, 5 Wayland Avenue, Dalston, London, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Ferry Post, Ismailia, 13 March 1916, concluded: 'Missing, believed dead'.

War service: 292 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third. Surname incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as WHICHELS.
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22018293

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