TOCKER, Frank Loasby
(Service number 4/1080)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 9 February 1893 | Place of Birth | Greytown |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 16 Wilson Street, Wanganui | ||
| Occupation | Commercial traveller | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Rev. Cecil James Tocker, Presbyterian Manse, Geraldine; J. Tocker (father), care of Home for Incurables, Wellington | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Divisional Signallers | ||
| Date | 9 October 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 30 August 1938 | Age | 45 years |
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| Place of Death | Napier | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Park Island Cemetery, Napier | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Frank Loasby Tocker was the youngest son of John and Annie Smith (née Baillie) Tocker. He nominated his brother, Cecil James Tocker, a Presbyterian minister at Geraldine, as his next -of-kin, and also his elderly father. Frank returned, invalided, to New Zealand in April 1916. Frank married Irene Vera Asher on 1 December 1917 at Welington. His brothers Albert Hamilton Tocker and Harry Hilliard Tocker, also served in World War I, and his brother Cecil was listed in the reserve roll.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [08 March 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [10 March 2019]; Timaru Herald, 5 April 1916 (Papers Past) [04 June 2014]
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