| Next of Kin |
| Mrs Johanna Hulme (mother), Thackeray Street, Hamilton, New Zealand |
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| Enlistment Address |
| 1 Cobden Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Vessel |
| Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo |
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| Destination |
| Suez, Egypt (25 May 1915) |
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| Last Unit Served |
| Auckland Infantry Regiment |
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| Memorial Name |
| Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium |
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| Biographical Notes |
| George Frederick Hulme enlisted with the 4th Reinforcements of the Auckland Infantry Regiment which left New Zealand on 17 April 1915 and arrived in Suez on 25 May 1915. Following his time in Egypt, Hulme went on to serve at Gallipoli and Western Europe. He was killed in action in France on 22 June 1917, aged 23. |
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| Description of Image |
| Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 |
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| Further References |
- Auckland War Memorial Museum holds a Turkish dagger that Hulme accumulated while serving.
- O. G. Burton, "The Auckland Regiment", Whitcombe and Tombs.
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| Sources Used |
| Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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