Joseph IRELAND

Regimental number10/1534
Date of birth4 May 1890
Place of birthKirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTailor
Addressc/o J J McDonald, Marton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 5.5"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinFather, William Ireland, Queen's Hill, Ringford, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed in A Company, 7th Regiment, Territorial Force; 'just joined'.
Enlistment date15 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 21), Gallipoli, Turkey
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded; 'Now believed to be dead'.

War service: 237 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 18052084

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