George Edward Hessey

1879-1934

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.1

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1269

About

Born in Australia

16 October 1879
Live

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Own
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

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 54

1 September 1934

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 116/0054043, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 1.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “George Edward Hessey (1879-1934)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/381