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HOSKING, Robert James
(Service number 26742)

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	02/08/1891	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Schoolhouse, Addington
Occupation	Gasmeter mechanic
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Marion CLEMENS (sister), 12 Percival Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	13th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, F Company
Date	15 November 1916
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Iron machinist

Death

Date	13 September 1968	Age	77 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Cremated Auckland
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert James Hosking was the third son of Charles Thomas and Mary Jane (née Oates) Hosking. He married Rubina Walls in 1920.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 May 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 May 2019]

External Links

Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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