Godfrey Page Hanify[1, 2, 3]

Male 1894 - 1916  (21 years)


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  • Name Godfrey Page Hanify 
    Born 23 Nov 1894  Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Gender Male 
    AFN 1X7T-5QJ 
    _FSFTID MNRB-G8D 
    _UID 189AD4BFF14946BE8118DFD15053B9C8F01C 
    Buried 1916  Somme, Nord-Pas-de-Calais Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    Address:
    Plot II. F.3., Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval 
    Died 16 Sep 1916  France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 7, 8
    Cause: at the First Battle of the Somme 
    Person ID I5680  Treefive
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2021 

    Father Living 
    Mother Maude Miriam Sinnott,   b. 1869, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1904, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Family ID F57  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 


    • There is an entry in the New Zealand birth index for Gregory Page Hanify, born 23 Nov 1894, but none for Godfrey. It seems that they are the same person, as there are no details known for Gregory apart from his birth, and Godfrey is known to have been born about 1895. Family tree charts by Greg Aldridge show only Godfrey.

      Godfrey was killed in action on 16 Sep 1916 in France in the Battle of the Somme in World War 1. He was noted in NZEF records as 10/3580 Hanify, Godfrey Page, Surveyor. Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company. His next-of-kin was H.P. Hanify (father), 7 Raroa Rd, Wellington.

      He was buried in Plot 2, Row F, Grave 3 at the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. His headstone reads "10/3580 Private G.P. Hanify, NZ Wellington Regt., 16th September 1916 Age 21".
      The NZEF Roll of Honour lists him as: Pte Hanify, Godfrey Page W.I.R. Killed in action France 16/9/16.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1078] TRE099 Family tree (gedcom) - Ward database 17 May 2013 (Karel Saint), TRE099.

    2. [S1261] TRE103 Family Tree (gedcom) - Hanify Sinnott connection 4 Aug 2013 [LIVING PERSON], TRE103.

    3. [S1478] TRE006 Family tree - Hanify, John and Page, Catherine 7 Nov 1994, TRE006.

    4. [S1448] New Zealand, Government BMDs, Historical, Registration number 1895/3290: Hanify, Gregory Page.
      Where and when born, 23 November 1894, Revans Street, Wellington;
      Name, Gregory Page Hanify;
      Gender, male;
      Name, age and birthplace of father, Hugo Page Hanify, 28, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia;
      Name, age and birthplace of mother, Maud Vivian Hanify formerly Sinnott, 24, Melbourne;
      When and where married, 29 April 1891, Sydney, Australia;
      Registered,21 January 1895;
      Informant, H P Hanify, father

    5. [S1818] UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947.

    6. [S4031] ancestry.com Web: International, Find A Grave Index.

    7. [S2930] BUR091 Death Hanify, Private Godfrey Page, BUR091.

    8. [S2918] DTH365 Death notice Hanify, Godfrey Page, DTH365., Private Godfrey Page Hanify; 13 October 1916; page 1; paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.