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Samuel Gibbings Hawkes

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Grave photo

Grave photo taken 17th June 2008

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Samuel Gibbings AWMM
  • Surname
    Hawkes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 5861 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Dunedin, Otago Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    He was 43/44 and the son of Richard Nevill Nettles Hawkes and Jean Hawkes. Born at Dunedin, New Zeal Public - Geoffrey - Researcher - 5 June 2018 - CWGC
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 5 June 1916 AWMM Dowerin, Western Australia AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J Haskes, Roslyn, Dundenin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 June 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • Battle of Passchendaele AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 5861 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 5 June 1916 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 42 AWMM
    Teacher/Civilian Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    07 Nov 1917 {Age 44} AWMMDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 November 1917 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 44 AWMM
    Passchendaele, Ypres Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Clitheroe a registration district which spans the boundaries of the counties of West Riding of Yorks Public - Geoffrey - Researcher - 5 June 2018 - Freebmd
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Bromley (London Road or Old) Cemetery (Plot O, Row D, Grave No. 12), Kent AWMM
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29 September 2021ElizabethTIMARUResearcher
05 June 2018GeoffreyTilbury, United KingdomResearcher

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