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Corporal WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY HOSKINS

Service Number: 6/2670
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 May 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

I. D. 31.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Mary Ann Hoskins, of 363, Childers Rd., Gisborne, New Zealand. Native of Winchester, Canterbury, New Zealand. Also served in Gallipoli and Egypt.
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1374
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