Percy Silvester Hobbs

Corporal

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Ernest Albert and Julette Eliza Charlotte Hobbs, of Booth's Buildings, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Born at Melbourne, Victoria.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Shortly after 10 o’clock on Saturday morning. Corporal Percy Sylvester Hobbs, who for some months past has been in charge of the post office at Papawai Camp, was found dead on the floor of his office with a riflle between his knees and a bullet wound in his forehead. Corporal Hobbs was a native of Australia, 20 years of age and before coming to New Zealand about two years ago, was a wireless operator in the Australian Navy.
WAIMATE DAILY ADVERTISER, VOLUME XVII, ISSUE 767, 19 DECEMBER 1917, PAGE 1

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Casualty

Service Number:

48332

Name:

Percy Silvester Hobbs

Rank:

Corporal

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Military Forces, Home Service Section

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Suicide

Date of Death:

15 December 1917

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Featherston Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

707

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand