Lt.
August Digby
Rockell
Born in Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of [father unknown] and Isabel Maud (Calvert) Rockel
Brother of
Hasel Maud Rockell, Mona McKenzie (Rockell) Gane [half], Alfred Herbert Rockell [half], John Rockell, Buckley Calvert Rockell, Joyce Isabel Rockel, Kathleen Mary Ophelia Rockell and Faith Gladys Rockell
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 89
in Palmerston North Public Hospital, New Zealand
Profile last modified
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Biography
Born 30 January 1910. Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand. [1]
Event: Military Service. 30 AUG 1944. Wellington, New Zealand. [2]
Occupation: Shepherd (before enlistment). Huiarua Station, Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, New Zealand. [3]
Note: World War II, 1939-1945Service no. 45231
Lieutenant - 24 Infantry Battalion
"Military Medal (MM)
During the battle for Cassino, after the collapse of a building which B Company were in, Cpl Rockell made his way back to Company Headquarters at great personal risk and returned with a rescue party. [Burdon p. 237]"
Wounded 20 April 1943
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C36151
RIN: MH:N500162
Web content link:http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C36151Online Cenotaph
RIN: MH:N500161
Web content link:http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C36151Online Cenotaph
RIN: MH:N500161
Web content link:http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-013521.htmlNew Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
RIN: MH:N500163
Web content link:http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-013521.htmlNew Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
RIN: MH:N500163
.Marriage Husband @I20@. Wife Isabel Maud Calvert. Child: Hasel Maud Rockell. Child: Alfred Herbert Rockell. Child: John Rockell. Child: Rolph Forrester Rockell. Child: Faith Gladys Rockell. Child: Kathleen Mary Ophelia Rockell. Child: Joyce Isabel Rockel. Child: Mona McKenzie Rockell. Child: Buckley Calvert Rockell. Child: Lt. August Digby Rockell. Marriage 12 MAY 1897. New Zealand. [4][5]
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S8 Certainty: 0
- ↑ Source: #S166 Certainty: 0
- ↑ Source: #S-1000000 Certainty: 0 Note: August is on the left of the photo, with a fellow A.N.Z.A.C. RIN: MH:N500175
- ↑ Source: #S4 Certainty: 0
- ↑ Source: #S61 Marriage of Herbert Martin Rockell and Isabel Maud Calvert 12 May 1897 Certainty: 0 20 MAY 1897 May 12, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Ven. Archdeacon Towgood, Herbert Martin, second son of H. Rockell, Carnarvon, to Isabel Maud, younger daughter of J. E. Calvert, Potakataka, Rata, Rangititei. No cards. Note: Papers Past > New Zealand Herald > 20 May 1897 > Page 1 > MARRIAGES. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10447 Note: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18970520.2.2.1&srpos=2&e=-------100--1--on--0Isabel+Maud+Calvert--
No SOUR record found with id S-1000000.
- Source: S166 Ancestry.com New Zealand, World War II Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and Resignations, 1939-1945 Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
- Source: S2 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree Certainty: 0 http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=82327856&pid=47
- Source: S8 Ancestry.com New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950 Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
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