Adderly James WILLCOCKS

Regimental number6/1759
Date of birth5 September 1894
Place of birthNapier
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
Addressc/o Mr Rennie, Te Kuiti
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 8"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emily Jane Willcocks, 2 Dilworth Terrace, Parnell, Auckland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 4 Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 14), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs E.J. Willcocks, Apia, Samoa
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to NZ Field Ambulance, 29 May 1915, and transferred to Mudros (rheumatism); transferred by HMT 'Newmarket' to Malta, 4 June 1915, and admitted to St Andrew's Hospital; discharged, and embarked for Alexandria, 12 July 1915.

Attached to Advanced Base, Mustapha, 16 July 1915.

Embarked for Dardanelles, 21 July 1915.

Killed in action, 7 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Third. Surname incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as WILLCOX.
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22019474

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