WILCOX, Frederick Leopold
(Service number 39380)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 4 February 1892 | Place of Birth | Geraldine |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Temuka | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Emily Florence WILCOX (mother), Milburn, Otago; (Goodwood, via Palmerston, Otago); later Box 48, Mataura, Southland | ||
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 | 40th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| Date | 11 October 1918 | ||
| Transport | Moeraki | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 4 October 1937 | Age | 46 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Frederick Leopold Willcocks was the second son of New Zealand born George Wilcock (name at marriage) and his wife, Welsh-born Emily Florence née Davis, George and Emily having married in 1888 at Geraldine. Year of birth for Frederick is estimated. Frederick was educated at St Andrews and Springbrook schools, and likely others. F. L. Wilcox left New Zealand on the Moeraki and transhipped to Malta at Sydney for Suez. Federick's brother George Hedley Wilcocks also served in World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 February 2018]; NZ Death Index (Department of Internal Affairs) [10 February 2018]; School Admission records (Waimate Branch NZSG) [10 February 2018]; Bromley Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [10 February 2018]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [12 February 2018]
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