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aweepeek
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Wellington city directories 1915-1918
« on: Wednesday 14 October 09 23:59 UTC (UK) »
Hello,

        My relative may have travelled England to Wellington N.Z. as British army cook on a hospital ship.  (family folk-lore)  It is believed he may have stayed in Wellington for a time before moving up to Auckland.  Is it possible to have Wellington city directories checked for above time period?    He would be shown as John (Jack)  Hughes, occupation "cook".

        Thank you, aweepeek   Smiley
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Re: Wellington city directories 1915-1918
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 15 October 09 00:19 UTC (UK) »
This does not address your question, but may be of interest to you. 

The number of hospital ships to NZ was limited.  There is a book (possibly The Voyages of His Majesty's New Zealand Hospital Ships "Marama" and "Maheno", but I am not certain), which lists not only the crew names but also all of the patients who were transported to NZ.  Maybe a NZ resident reader would follow this up.
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Re: Wellington city directories 1915-1918
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 15 October 09 01:32 UTC (UK) »
Hello SPC,

   That would be amazing confirmation to have.  Have no idea what ship he actually worked.   Have tried to figure that one out before with help of this board.  Tried for service records....there were none.  City directory listing may be only record of his movements. 

    Any help so appreciated,  AWP
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Re: Wellington city directories 1915-1918
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 15 October 09 04:24 UTC (UK) »
HEre is a different ref to hospital ships which may fit in time wise with what you want
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Althea

http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Effo-t1-body-d7.html

There is a blog
http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/macslog/NewZealandHospitalshipMah.html that mentions the book, so they could be contacted for a lookup, lots more on google
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