Ovey Bilkey

Forenames

Ovey AWMM

Surname

Bilkey AWMM

Also known as

• Overend AWMM
• W. Ovey Bilkey AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2719 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

24 Jun 1890 AWMM

Next of kin

R. Bilkey (father), Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2719 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 19 Oct 1915 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 9th Reinforcements Auckland Mounted Rifles, A Squadron AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Ovey Bilkey was the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Bilkey, of Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr R. Bilkey, Pukekohe, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

12 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cemetery

Pukekohe Cemetery, Wellington Street, Pukekohe, New Zealand AWMM

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/R22276209
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643169/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643169
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 37. Quinn's Post. New Zealand troopship magazine. As transport no. 37 the "Maunganui" carried the 9th Reinforcements, departing New Zealand 8 January 1916 and arriving Suez 8 February 1916. O.C. Troops was Capt. W.T. Joll and Ship's Master Capt. L. Worrall.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Paul Hickford, They Marched to War, 2019, p.228.
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 20 April 2022 - Paul Hickford, Researcher