Private

Herbert Ivan Babbage

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Charles Whitmore Babbage and Amelia Babbage, of Wanganui, New Zealand. An artist.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Great-grandson of computing pioneer Charles Babbage. 

" One of Charles Babbage's great grandsons, Herbert Ivan Babbage, was a water-colour artist working out of Wanganui. The Sarjeant Gallery in Wanganui held an exhibition of his work in 1999 - "Brushes with light: the work of Herbert Ivan Babbage 1875-1916": January 15 to March 21, 1999. He made many delightful paintings of New Zealand and European scenes" [Auckland University]

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
7353
Name:
Herbert Ivan Babbage
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal Defence Corps, 23 Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of sickness

Date of Death:
14 October 1916
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
41
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
EB. 37.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
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