John Hawksworth

Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Hawksworth AWMM

Also known as

Hawkesworth AWMM

Service number

• 4713 AWMM
• 9578 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Hardy Street, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs H. Hawksworth (mother), Hardy Street, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

War

South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 4713 AWMM
• 9578 AWMM

Enlistment

Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

Pre WW1 Vessel was Drayton Grange AWMM Trooper AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM

Last rank

Trooper AWMM
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 10th Contingent AWMM

Appendicitis, Pneumonia

His father was named John Hawksworth. AWMM

Death

2 Sept 1902 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Memorial name

• Ranfurly Veterans' Home, 539 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, South African War Memorial 1899 - 1902 AWMM
• Nelson South African War Memorial, Queen's Garden, Nelson AWMM

Related objects

External links

• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Ranfurly Veterans' Home. Opening ceremony to-day. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 294, 10 December 1903, Page 5
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19031210.2.26&srpos
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20520685
  Further Reference

References

• Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
  Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 1902. H.6B. Nominal Roll
• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.