Charles John Hamblyn
Date of birth / Date established
1863
Date of death / Date closed
1918
Place of death / Place closed
Biography
Charles John Hamblyn, of Tariki, had seven sons with wife Mary Ann, but lost four of them in World War One. Henry John, Thomas Day, Edward James and William Charles were all killed in action between 1916-1917 in France. Another son Frederick Leonard was also at War but brought home to New Zealand following his brothers deaths. Charles John Hamblyn and his 6th son Osborne George died of influenza in 1918.