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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Sergeant George Frederick Hulme |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Sergeant |
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| Forename(s): |
George Frederick |
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| Surname: |
Hulme |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
5/285 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Driver |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Johanna Hulme (mother), Thackeray Street, Hamilton, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
1 Cobden Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Auckland |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
4th Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Army Service Corps |
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| Embarkation Date: |
17 April 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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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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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
349 |
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| Campaigns: |
Gallipoli |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Auckland Infantry Regiment |
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| Place of Death: |
Belgium |
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| Date of Death: |
22 June 1917 |
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| Year of Death: |
1917 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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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.
- Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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