Hugh Stocker
Born 20 Jan 1885 - Died 15 Sept 1916
- Service number
- WWI 2/2269 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Acting Bombardier/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
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- Forenames
- Hugh AWMM
- Surname
- Stocker AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 2/2269 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 20 Jan 1885 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
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- Birth notes
- Son of Archdeacon (Harry) & Clara Mary Stocker, of 111, Springfield Rd., ChristchurchPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records & https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hugh-stocker
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Poututu, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Occupation: FarmerPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 June 2023 - Military records
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Archdeacon Stocker (father), 13 Dee Street, Saint Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 2/2269 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 9" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
154 lb AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Acting Bombardier/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Hugh Stocker was the son of Archdeacon Harry Stocker and Eleanor Mary Stocker, of 111 Springfield Rd., Christchurch, New Zealand. One of nine children; Edith Margery (b.1889), Lancelot (b.1882), Doris Mary (b.1892), Ernest (b.1888), Harry (b.1873), Archibald (b.1876), Hugh (b.1885), Marian Fey (b.1883), Eleanor Kate (b.1879).
Bdr. Hugh Stocker, N.Z.F.A., who was killed in action on September 15th, was the son of Archdeacon and Mrs. Stocker, Christchurch (N.Z.), and brother of Mrs. Philip Lowrey wright, 11 Vale Avenue, Chelsea, S.W." (Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F. October 16 1916 p. 81)
Disembarked Suez, 18 November 1915.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 7 April 1916.
Appointed Acting Bombardier, 1 May 1916.
Killed in action, 15 September 1916.
Father: Archdeacon Stocker, 111 Springfield Road, Christchurch
His brother Private Lancelot Stocker was also killed in action in Messines on 29 May 1917. While two other brothers, Lieutentant Valentine and Trooper Hugh Stocker, both served in the Expeditionary Force. Lieutentant Valentine Stocker received a Military Cross in 1916. His father Venerable Archdeacon Harry Stocker, B.A. - Chaplain 2nd Class, New Zealand Chaplains Department part of the Territorial Force.
Next of Kin: Archdeacon Stocker, Springfield Rd, Ch Ch (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 15 Sept 1916 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
- Acting-Bombardier Hugh Stocker, who has been killed in action (as the Wellington records show), was a son of Archdeacon Stocker, St Albans, Christchurch. He was farming in this district, and left Gisborne with the artillery draft of the 8th. ReinforcementsPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 June 2023 - ROLL OF HONOR.
POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 14111, 30 SEPTEMBER 1916, PAGE 3 - Cemetery
- Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France AWMM XII. J. 6. AWMM
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- Obituary
- Amongst other recent arrivals is Lieut. V. Stocker, son of Archbishop Stocker, of Christchurch. Originally he was an artillery gunner with the main body. After Gallipoli operations he was promoted to second-Lieutenant. He was wounded during the battle of the Somme, October, 1916, and was awarded the Military Cross for remaining at his post for several hours through heavy shell-fire, after all the other officers had been put out of action. Lieut. Stocker has; .returned for duly. Two brothers, Private L Stocker and Gunner H. Stocker, have been killed in action, while a third, Sergeant E. Stocker, was permanently incapacitated.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 June 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLV, ISSUE 14496, 7 JANUARY 1918, PAGE 3
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7821903
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/550367/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/550367
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 697 - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 4: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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