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Hugh Vickerman

1880-1960

Unit

Main Body

Section

Headquarters Staff

Rank

Captain

Serial

4/1218

About

Born

20 December 1880
Residence

Hometown

Wellington
Work

Occupation

Civil Engineer
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

H. Vickerman

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Distinguished Service Order ribbon

Distinguished Service Order
For distinguished service in the field.

Order of the British Empire ribbon

Order of the British Empire
For valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in France.

Mentioned in Dispatches ribbon

Mentioned in Dispatches
For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty during the period 26th February to midnight 20th-21st September 1917.

Mentioned in Dispatches ribbon

Mentioned in Dispatches
For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty during the period 16th September 1918 to 15th March 1919.

Death

Died at the age of 79

14 October 1960

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 W5557 76/0117300, Military Personnel File.

Ibid., AABK 18805 W5598 5/0362945, Military Personnel File.

London Gazette, 28 December 1917, p. 13575.

Ibid., 1 January 1918, p. 29.

Ibid., 3 June 1919, p. 6812.

Ibid., 11 July 1919, p. 8836.

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, “Hugh Vickerman (1880-1960)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/874

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