Bertie Harold JOY

Regimental number38403
Date of birth7 March 1894
Place of birthTe Awamutu
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBootmaker
Height5' 8"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Violet Joy, 79 Crummer Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed in G Battery, Hamilton.
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 22nd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 76 Aparima on 16 February 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitAuckland Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 6 April 1918
Discharge date13 May 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 18 March 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 2 May 1917, and marched in to 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to france, 6 June 1917; joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, in the field, 26 June 1917.

Wounded in action, 4 October 1917 (gun shot wound wound, left hip and head: severe), admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, and transferred same day to No 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station ('dangerously ill'); to 7th General Hospital, St Omer, 5 October 1917; removed from 'dangerously ill' list, 5 March 1918; to England, 5 March 1918, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 7 March 1918.

Classified 'unfit' and placed on NZ Roll.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Avonmouth on board SS 'Marama', 6 April 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit war War Service on account of wounds received in action), 13 May 1919.

Total war service: 2 years 209 days (of which 1 year 88 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsParents: Walter George and Violet Beatrice (both b. New Zealand)
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 5
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805