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Leonard James Hancock

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Portrait, Casualty Notice The Star, 29 May 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Casualty Notice The Star, 29 May 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leonard James AWMM
  • Surname
    Hancock AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 51837 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1894 AWMM AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Thomas Hancock (father), 98 Montreal Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 51837 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 Unknown AWMM Well sinker/Civilian 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
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
    Wounded 4 May 1918 AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mr Thomas and Ellen Hancock, Durham Street, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Two sons, brothers Ernest Harold Hancock (6/957) and Leonard James Hancock (51837) served in WW1. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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