George Hancock

1876-1932

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.2

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1352

About

Born in Australia

14 February 1876
Live

Hometown

Huntly
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

Taupiri Coal Mining Company
Life

Marital Status

Widower

Army Experience

  • Huntly Rifles

    3 years in New Zealand

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 55

    1 February 1932

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5539 75/0049954, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 3.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “George Hancock (1876-1932)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/343