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Warrant Officer Class Ii ERNEST WILLIAM HOBBS

Service Number: 10406
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Infantry

23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1942

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

C. A. 14.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Ernest Hobbs and of Hannah Elizabeth Hobbs (nee Pitcher); husband of Edith Hobbs, of Newton, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 3691
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