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Full Name
Private Robert Edwin Hawkes
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
Robert Edwin
Surname
Hawkes
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
24/1679
First Known Rank
Rifleman
Occupation before Enlistment
Farmer
Next of Kin
Mrs M. Hawkes (mother), Tapu, Thames, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Unit
3rd Reinforcements 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation Date
8 January 1916
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
Tahiti or Warrimoo
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Nominal Roll Number
16
Page on Nominal Roll
8
Last Unit Served
Auckland Infantry Regiment
Place of Death
France
Date of Death
30 August 1918
Year of Death
1918
Cause of Death
Died of wounds
Description of Image
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918
Further References
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917