Godfrey Power Clapcott (1896 - 1957)

Born 30 Sep 1896 in Wellington, New Zealand

Ancestors

Son of Henry Charles Edward Clapcott and Eliza Minnie (Bright) Clapcott

Husband of Ida Maud (McDonnell) Clapcott — married 16 Nov 1921 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1957 at age 60 in Australia

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Godfrey Clapcott is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Biography

Trooper Clapcott Godfrey Power NZ35602 served with the 21st Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade, Machine-gun Section, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Godfrey died when on a trip to Australia as an ANZAC Delegate ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Papers past [1]

BDM

• NZ BDM Registration Index N.Z.Govt. Births, Deaths, Marriages Online
  • birth 1896/13514 : Clapcott, Godfrey Power , (mother) Eliza Minnie , (father) Henry Charles Edward
  • marriage 1921/5498 : Ita Maud McDonnell , Godfrey Power Clapcott

• Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph [2]

DNA

Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between

• Peter Clapcott (Grandson) and Jeanette Clapcott (neice) , his 1st cousin 1x removed.
• MRCA are Henry Clapcott and Eliza Bright,
  • the great grandparents of Peter Clapcott
  • grandparents of Jeanette Clapcott.
• Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousin, based on sharing
  • 285 cM
  • across 13 segments.