Robert Edwin Hawkes
Born 5 Aug 1880 - Died 30 Aug 1918
- Service number
- WWI 24/1679 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 6th (Hauraki) Company AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Robert Edwin AWMM
- Surname
- Hawkes AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 24/1679 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 5 Aug 1880 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Date of birth
- 5 August 1878Public - Jj - 29 June 2026 - 1878/11682 Hawkes Robert Edwin
- Place of birth
- Tapu, New ZealandPublic - Jj - 29 June 2026 - Tapu, New Zealand
- Birth notes
- 1878/11682 Hawkes Robert Edwin (Registration)Public - Jj - 29 June 2026 - 1878/11682 Hawkes Robert Edwin
- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs M. Hawkes (mother), Tapu, Thames, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 24/1679 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 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 08 Jan 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 38 or HMNZT 39 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Warrimoo AWMM Rifleman AWMM 3rd Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, F Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 4" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
149 lb AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 6th (Hauraki) Company AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Robert Hawkes was the son of Richard Mills and Mary Hawkes, of Tapu, Thames, New Zealand.
Disembarked Suez, 8 February 1916.
Admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 19 February 1916 (measles); discharged to duty, 6 March 1916.
Joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, Moascar, 18 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 8 April 1916.
Wounded in action, 6 June 1917 (gun shot wound, right arm), and admitted to No 77 Field Ambulance; transferred to 14th General Hospital, Wimereux, 7 June 1917; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 7 June 1917; discharged to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 13 June 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 26 June 1917.
On leave, 11 July 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 23 July 1917.
Sent to hospital as batman, 7 August 1917; rejoined unit, 4 August 1917.
Detached to School of Instruction, 19 July 1917; rejoined unit, 27 October 1917.
Detached to Headquarters, NZ Division, 29 November 1917; rejoined unit, 26 February 1918.
On leave to United Kingdom, 10 March 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 4 April 1918.
Wounded in action (second occasion), 30 August 1918 (multiple gun shot wounds), and admitted to1/2 East Lancashire Field Ambulance.
Died of wounds, 30 August 1918.
Next of Kin: Mr R. N. Hawkes, Tapu, Thames (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 30 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age 40 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
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France AWMM VII. J. 18. AWMM
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16793121
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/183378/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/183378
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
16: 8 - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
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