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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Kenneth Aubrey Hooker |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Rifleman |
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| Forename(s): |
Kenneth Aubrey |
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| Surname: |
Hooker |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
65815 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Farmer |
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| Next of Kin: |
James Hooker (father), Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
33rd Reinforcements E Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
31 December 1917 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 99 |
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| Vessel: |
Athenic |
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| Destination: |
Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
76 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
17 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Bapaume, France |
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| Date of Death: |
28 August 1918 |
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| Year of Death: |
1918 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Favreuil British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France |
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| Grave Reference: |
I. E. 3. |
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| Memorial Name: |
Cambridge War Memorial, Queen Street, Cambridge, New Zealand |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Son of James and Hannah Hooker, of Pukeroro, Cambridge
- Two sons, brothers Kenneth Aubrey Hooker (65815) and Arthur Newton Hooker (23383) were killed in WW1.
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| Description of Image: |
Name panels , 1914-1918, (2 panels, Allwill - Liddington, and Chambers - Wilson) Cambridge War Memorial, New Zealand. (Photo G.A. Fortune 1999) |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Further References: |
Cambridge Museum Roll of Honour World War 1 |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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