Lance Corporal

Richard Askew Hume

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Robert and Margaret Hume, of Maropui, North Wairoa, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
6/3356
Name:
Richard Askew Hume
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
20 April 1887
Place of Birth: 
Mangawhare, Dargaville, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Robert Haxton Hume (father), Ahikiwi, Dargaville, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Ahikiwi, Northern Wairoa, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farmer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Canterbury Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
14 October 1917
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
29
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
8th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
13 November 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 35
HMNZT 36
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
V. D. 11.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Richard Askew Hume
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