Charles Francis Robert Hills

Forenames

Charles Francis Robert AWMM

Surname

Hills AWMM

Service number

WWI 47888 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1897

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Place of birth

Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Charles & Rose HILLS of Gisborne

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Next of kin

C. Hills (father), Manutuke, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 47888 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Coach builder/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 12 Jun 1917-15 Aug 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 86 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements H Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Charles Hills was the son of Charles and Rose Hills, of Awapuni, Matawhero, Gisborne, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr C. Hills, Matawhera, Poverty Bay (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

4 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM I. A. 18. AWMM

Obituary

HILLS.— .On. the 4th November, 1918, Charles Francis Robert Golding Hills, aged 21 years and 10 months, killed in action - eldest son of Charles and Rose Frances Hills, "Awapuni," late of Manutuke, Big River.
In Honor's Cause his life was passed,
In Honor's Cause he died at last —
And we know he did his Duty.
"Killed in action," say the cables —
That is all the tales they tell
Of the brave young lad who left us,
Of the lad we loved so well

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POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLV, ISSUE 14770, 25 NOVEMBER 1918, PAGE 4

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18048159
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/579113/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/579113
  Further Reference
• Poverty Bay Herald, 30 January 1919, 2
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19190130.2.6
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  67: 34
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• NZEF CASUALTIES — LE QUESNOY As noted in the Appendix of Dr Christopher Pugsley’s book: Le Quesnoy 1918: New Zealand’s Last Battle. This list was compiled by Richard Stowers and Herb Farrant, and added to by Christopher Pugsley. Please forward any additional names and details to the author through Oratia Media. The list covers period 1–7 November 1918 and those who died after from wounds received in this period.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 86. Te whakanui : the unofficial journal of the 26th and 27th Reinforcements R.N.Z.A., 26th N.Z. Field Engineers, 27th Specialist Coy., "E", "G", "H" and "J" (Coys.) 26th Infantry Reinforcements, 26th N.Z.A.S.C., 18th Pioneers, and 26th Medical Corps. (1917). At sea: [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd.