Adderley James Willcocks

Forenames

Adderley James AWMM

Surname

Willcocks AWMM

Also known as

Adderly James Willcox AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/1759 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM C/o Mr Rennie, Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Emily Jane Willcocks (mother), 2 Dilworth Terrace, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/1759 AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM

Adderley Willcocks was the son of Emily Jane (formerly of Apia, Samoa) and W.J. Willcocks

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Listed as Willcox on the Nominal Roll

Next of Kin: Mrs E. J. Willcocks, Pilot Station, Apia, Samoa (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

7 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1915. AWMM

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Family Grave memorial, Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland AWMM
• Glenfield War Memorial, Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Birkenhead Roll of Honour, Birkenhead War Memorial Park AWMM
• All Saints Church, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby Auckland 1011 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22019474
  Further Reference
• Birkenhead Roll of Honour Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/AUC233/searchbirkenhead.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680524/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680524
  Further Reference

References

• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1915, Third term. p.12
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.780
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.