Private

Eric John Dodgson Fooks

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Lt. Col. G. E. Fooks (late Indian Medical Service), of Sumpegay, Bangalore, India.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8/2779
Name:
Eric John Dodgson Fooks
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Colonel E.G. Fooks (father), 43 Winbourne Road, Bournemouth, Hants, England
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Post-office, Wellington, or care of Dr. Fooks, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action. CWGC records date of death as 13/06/1916.
Date of Death:
18 June 1916
Day of Death:
Sunday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Bodies of Embarkation:

Samoan Advance Party
6th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:

HMNZT 1
HMNZT 2
Vessel:
Moeraki or Monowai
Destinations:

Apia, Samoa
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
II. B. 35.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Eric John Dodgson Fooks
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