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KNUBLEY, Hugh Mortimer
(Service number 2/1444)

Aliases
First Rank	Gunner	Last Rank

Birth

Date	18/01/1888	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Care of G. Pinckney, Esq, Glenaray, Waikaia
Occupation	Farm station overseer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Miles Jefferson KNUBLEY (father), Solicitor, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	4th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	New Zealand Field Artillery
Date	17 April 1915
Transport	Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

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Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

20 September 1915 admitted to 19th General Hospital, Alexandria

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Death

Date	5 January 1974	Age	85 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Hugh Mortimer Knubley was the son of Miles Jefferson and Harriet Henryetta (née Clissold) Knubley who had married in 1876 in England.He married Gladys Piper in 1935. His brother Miles Alfred Knubley died of wounds in 1916. Two other brothers also served - Francis Clissold and Henry Charles Jefferson.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 February 2017]; Dominion, 28 September 1915 (Papers Past) [19 February 2017]

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