Herbert was born about 1887. He was the son of Charles Hornblow and Elizabeth Unknown.[1].
He served for the NZ Army both in World War I and World War II [2] [3] [4].
Herbert Henry Hornblow first married Andrina Margaret Healey in New Zealand on the 26th of February 1923 [5][6].
Herbert Henry Hornblow then married Rena Hawes Barber in New Zealand in 1927 [7].
He passed away in on the 12th of September 1966 in Hamilton, New Zealand at 79 years old.[8][9], and was buried at Hamilton Park Cemetery [10].
FULL NAME Herbert Henry Hornblow FORENAME(S) Herbert Henry SURNAME Hornblow WAR World War I, 1914-1918 SERIAL NO. 38024 FIRST KNOWN RANK Lance Corporal OCCUPATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT Railway clerk NEXT OF KIN Mrs E. Hornblow (mother), Eltham Road, Eltham, New Zealand BODY ON EMBARKATION New Zealand Expeditionary Force EMBARKATION UNIT 22nd Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company EMBARKATION DATE 16 February 1917 PLACE OF EMBARKATION Wellington, New Zealand TRANSPORT HMNZT 76 VESSEL Aparima DESTINATION Plymouth, England NOMINAL ROLL NUMBER 55 PAGE ON NOMINAL ROLL 7 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Three brothers enlisted for WW1 : John Andrew Hornblow 4/551; Herbert Henry Hornblow 38024 and William Charles Hornblow 23/1409 SOURCES USED Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918[11]
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