John Frederick BILBY [1334]

  General Notes:

1882/17618 NZ Birth Bilby John Frederick Jane Thomas Herbert John
1951/35056 NZ Death Bilby John Fredrick 69Y
Occupation: Farmer; formerly of Rongokokako but late of Masterton

School Records (APWs)
Name: BILBY John Frederick
School: Te Aro Infants
Register Number: 452
Admission Date: 4 Apr 1887
Parent / Guardian: Thomas E Bilby
Address: Taranaki Place
Birthdate: 11 May 1882
Last School: Courtenay Place
Further enquiries to: Wellington Branch - NZSG

New Zealand History
Surname: Bilby
Reg No: 5628
Given Names: john frederick
Rank: private
Unit: South Island Regiment - E Squadron
Contingent: Eighth
County/City: oroua
Occupation: bushfeller
Ship: Cornwall 8 February 1902
Address: palmerston north
Next of Kin: bilby mrs jean
Relationship to Soldier: mother
Next of Kin Address: same
Service records online:
Most of the South African War service records for soldiers in this database have now been digitised and are available by searching the Archives New Zealand Archway website <http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz>.

Full Name: John Frederick Bilby
Forename(s): John Frederick
Surname: Bilby
War: South African War, 1899-1902; World War I, 1914-1918
Serial N: 5628; 6/
Known Rank: Lance Corporal
Next of Kin: Mrs J. Bilby, Wyattville, Mount Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Enlistment Address: Royal Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand
Military District: Auckland
Body on Embarkation: Main Body Embarkation Unit
Canterbury Infantry Battalion Embarkation Date: 16 October 1914
Place of Embarkation: Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Transport: HMNZT 4
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HMNZT 11
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Vessel: Tahiti or Athenic
Destination: Suez, Egypt
Page on Nominal Roll: 55 Archives NZ source
Military personnel file <http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20518766>
Further References: New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War.
URL: http:/?/?www.nzhistory.net.nz/?war/?the-south-african-boer-war/?introduction <http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/the-south-african-boer-war/introduction> Sources Used: Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919

NZSG Indexed Probates
Name: BILBY John Frederick
Place: Masterton
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Court: Masterton
Agency: AAOF
Accession: W5447
Probate Number: 20/52
Filed Date: 21 Feb 1952
Type: Will
Further enquiries to: Archives NZ - Wellington

  Other Records

• NZ Army WW1 Nominal Rolls 1914-1918: Lance-Corporal, 1914-1915, Royal Hotel, Auckland.

• John Frederick Bilby: Will & Probate, 1952, Wellington Court. (image courtesy Wellington Archives)

John married May GORRIE [1356] [MRIN: 448], daughter of Hugh GORRIE [1375] and Jessie CLARK [1376], on 11 Jul 1918 in New Zealand. (May GORRIE [1356] was born on 27 Sep 1890 in New Zealand and died on 21 Nov 1974 in Hamilton, New Zealand.)