WILCOCKS, George Hedley
(Service number 3/3829)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 21 December 1890 | Place of Birth | Smithfield, South Canterbury |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Milburn, Otago | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | George WILCOCKS (father), Milburn, Otago; later Goodwood, Palmerston South, | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 35th Reinforcements, Field Ambulance | ||
| Date | 21 February 1918 | ||
| Transport | Moeraki | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Medical Corps | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 November 1963 | Age | 72 years |
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| Place of Death | Winchester | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Temuka Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
George Hedley Willcocks was the eldest son of New Zealand born George Wilcock (name at marriage) and his wife, Welsh-born Emily née Davis, George and Emily having married in 1888 at Geraldine. George was educated at variously Springbrook, Esk Valley, Kohika and Temuka schools. He was listed firstly on the Reserve Roll, at the time living at Milburn,probably with his parents. In 1925 he married Catherine Daly. While George is buried at Temuka in a serviceman's plot, Catherine is buried at Gore in a Daly plot. George's brother Frederick also served in World War I. On 26 August 1920 over two hundred people gathered at Esk Valley to do honour to the ex-pupils of the school who had served in the war. A monument which had been erected by the efforts of ex-pupils to the memory of their fallen schoolmates, was unveiled. The “Roll,” arranged by Mrs Smithson and presented by her to the school, consists of thirty-eight photographs of the boys who had left for the war. Underneath each is inscribed his name and reinforcement. In a central oval are the Union Jack and New Zealand flags, with the inscription: “For King and Country, 1914-1918.” Included in the names is that of G. Wilcox. George's brother Frederick Leopold Wilcox also served in World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 February 2018]; NZBDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [10 February 2018]; School Admission records (South Canterbury & Waimate branches NZSG) [10 February 2018]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [10 February 2018]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [12 February 2018]; Timaru Herald, 31 August 1920 (Papers Past) [06 February 2018]
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