KNUBLEY, Hugh Mortimer
(Service number 2/1444)
| First Rank | Gunner | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 18 January 1888 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Care of G. Pinckney, Esq, Glenaray, Waikaia | ||
| Occupation | Farm station overseer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Miles Jefferson KNUBLEY (father), Solicitor, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 4th Reinforcements | ||
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| 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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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 5 January 1974 | Age | 85 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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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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