Corporal

Richard Neville Hawkes

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Christina Hawkes, of 60, Wilson St., Timaru, and the late R. N. Hawkes. Also served at Gallipoli.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

A story about Richard Neville Hawkes was published in The New Zealand Herald in November, 2014 [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11352066].

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8/1501
Name:
Richard Neville Hawkes
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
R.N. Hawkes (father), Wilson Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Wilson Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
12 October 1917
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
20
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
3rd Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 February 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 17
HMNZT 18
HMNZT 19
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
N.Z. Apse, Panel 3.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Richard Neville Hawkes
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