HANCOX, George Gilbert
(Service number 14902)
| Aliases |
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| First Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date |
11 October 1891 |
Place of Birth |
Rangiora |
Enlistment Information
| Date |
10 January 1916 |
Age |
23 years |
| Address at Enlistment |
Marlborough High School |
| Occupation |
Teacher |
| Previous Military Experience |
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| Marital Status |
Single, then married G. G. HANCOX married between enlistment and eembarkation - to Ethel May WILKINSON on 4 March 1916 at Dunedin. |
| Next of Kin |
Mrs Ethel May HANCOX (wife), 102 Queen Street, Dunedin. Initially Mr G. HANCOX (father), Temuka |
| Religion |
Methodist |
| Medical Information |
Height 5 feet 9 inches. Weight 11 stone 2 lbs. Chest measurement 34½-40½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes grey blue. Hair fair. Sight - both eyes 6 at so feet. Hearing and colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. Teeth good. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Fit. |
Military Service
| Served with |
NZ Armed Forces |
Served in |
Army |
| Military District |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation |
New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship |
14th Reinforcement, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company |
| Date |
26 June 1916 |
| Transport |
Tahiti or Maunganui |
| Embarked From |
Wellington |
Destination |
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| Other Units Served With |
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| Last Unit Served With |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns |
Western European |
| Service Medals |
British War Medal; Victory Medal |
| Military Awards |
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Death
| Date |
7 February 1966 |
Age |
74 years |
| Place of Death |
Palmerston North |
| Cause |
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| Notices |
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| Memorial or Cemetery |
Cremated, ashes interred Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North |
| Memorial Reference |
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| New Zealand Memorials |
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Biographical Notes
George Gilbert HNCOX, known as Gilbert, was the oldest son of George and Mary (née HUTCHESON) HANCOX. He was educated at the Temuka schools. Gilbert embarked for the return to New Zealand on 13 January 1917 per the Hospital Ship "Marama". He was struck off the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and absorbed in the Strength of Territorial unit with original rank and seniority.
Sources
Cenotaph Database {29 August 2015]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5922 0049982) [08 September 2015]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5937 0360420) [08 September 2015]; personal family history (T. Scott); Timaru Herald, 3 August 1898, 17 December 1900, 13 December 1901, 22 December 1902, 21 September 1904, 23 December 1904, 15 December 1905, 22 January 1908, 12 August 1908, 2 & 28 September 1908, 1 March 1909, 29 October 1909, 2 November 1909, 15 & 27 December 1909, 3 February 1910, 2 March 1910, 11 January 1911, 3 March 1913, 2 July 1913, 11 March 1914, 9 April 1914, 12 August 1914, 16 September 1914, 20 February 1915, 30 October 1915, 20 May 1916, 1 September 1916, 11, 12 & 25 October 1916, 15 & 28 November 1916, 24 January 1917, 6, 9 & 17 March 1917, 30 June 1917 [x 2], 1 September 1917, 19 March 1919, 8 March 1920, Star, 9 December 1912, 30 October 1911, 19 January 1915, Press, 22 February 1913, 24 & 25 February 1914, 31 October 1914, 4 February 1918, 26 July 1920, Otago Daily Times, 10 June 1914, 2 November 1915, 15 December 1915, 25 March 1916, Sun, 18 January 1915, 9 December 1915, Marlborough Express, 23 March 1915, 26 October 1915, 7 December 1915, 24 December 1918, Evening Post, 26 March 1915, 18 February 1943, New Zealand Herald, 7 & 12 April 1930, 11 December 1943 (Papers Past) [07 September 2015]; School Admission Records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [07 September 2015]; School Admission Records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [07 Sptember 2015]
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