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Percy Claude Wilmot Hancock

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories Panel Hamilton, R. - Hancock, P. (photo J Halpin 2010)

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories Panel Hamilton, R. - Hancock, P. (photo J …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percy Claude Wilmot AWMM
  • Surname
    Hancock AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 9531 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1890 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 9531 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • 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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John Hancock (New Zealand Wars) and Isabella Hancock, of Hillswick House, Bombay, Auckland.

    Husband of Florence Jane (nee Smith) Hancock, of Bombay, Auckland.

    Three sons, brothers served in WW1: Ernest Victor Hancock (2/542); Reginald John Hancock (2/1172) kia 1918; and serving with the BEF Percy Claude Wilmot Hancock (9531), kia 1915. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 March 1915 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Le Touret Memorial, France AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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    Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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