Geoffrey Percy Haddock K.E.V. (1916 - 1987)

Born 20 Mar 1916 in Auckland, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy Effie (Graham) Haddock — married 31 Mar 1956 in Hari Hari, Westland, West Coast, New Zealand

Died 23 Jan 1987 at age 70 in Nelson, New Zealand

World War II

Biography

Geoff Haddock K.E.V. is an Anzac who served in World War Two.

Geoffrey Percy Haddock was born on March 20, 1916^[1]. He was the younger son of Percy Haddock and Agnes Hair.

HIs father Percy died on 22 October 1942 at age 60. His only brother Allen was killed in action on 1 October 1943 in the 2nd World War.

Geoff's name was published in the New Zealand, World War II Army Nominal Rolls (1939-1948). He was working as a Labourer in Te Kauwhata, Waikato at the time. He enlisted at Huntly and went on to serve as a Private with the 30th (Mixed) Battalion, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. His next of kin was recorded as Mrs. A.J. Haddock, Kumeu. Service No. 64409

On his 2nd Embarkation he served as a Private with the 34th (Mixed) Battalion, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He was entitled to the War Medal (1939-1945) and the New Zealand War Service Medal.

He returned from the War and in the 1946 New Zealand, Electoral Rolls (1853-2010), Geoffrey Percy Haddock was recorded living at 25 Surrey Crescent in Grey Lynn, Auckland, employed as a Carpenter.

He married Lucy Effie Graham on March 31, 1956 at Hari Hari, Westland, West Coast, New Zealand.

In the 1969 New Zealand, Electoral Rolls (1853-2010), Geoffrey Percy Haddock was recorded living at Shelley Crescent in Nelson, South Island with his wife Lucy Effie Haddock, employed as a Carpenter.

Geoffrey Percy Haddock died on January 23, 1987 in Nelson, New Zealand and was buried at Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand^[2][3]. PLOT: Block C, Plot number 40, Row 6

Inscription:

In Loving Memory Of

GEOFFREY PERCY

HADDOCK K.E.V.

DIED JAN. 23rd 1987

AGED 70

Sources

1. ↑ Births, Deaths & Marriages, New Zealand, online database, [1], citing Birth record for Geoffrey Percy Haddock, son of Agnes Jane and Percy Haddock, Birth Registration No: 1916/12141
2. ↑ Births, Deaths & Marriages, New Zealand, online database, [2], citing Death record for Geoffrey Percy Haddock, DOB 20 March 1916, Death Registration No. 1987/31533
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139686164/geoffrey-percy-haddock: accessed 06 November 2023), memorial page for Geoffrey Percy Haddock (unknown–23 Jan 1987), Find A Grave: Memorial #139686164, citing Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand; Maintained by MystikNZ (contributor 48009964)

• Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph

• "Uncle Alec and the Grahams of Franz Josef" by Alec Graham and Jim Wilson, ISBN 0 86868 061 3 John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1983.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Peter Knowles for creating Haddock-205 on 12 Jul 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Peter and others.