William Henry Phillip JUNO

Regimental number27908
Date of birth27 January 1895
Place of birthMasterton
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBlacksmith
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 5"
Weight137 lbs
Next of kinFather, P Juno, Dixon Street, Masterton
Previous military serviceServed in the 17th Territorial Regiment; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 12th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 16 October 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 30 March 1918
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsGrevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Mary Carroll (formerly Juno), Wellington, and the late Philip Juno, Masterton, Wellington
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 10/235 Corporal George JUNO, Wellington Infantry Bn, killed in action, 8 August 1915;
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 29 December 1916, and marched in to Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 1 February 1917; attached to NZ Tunnelling Company, in the field, 24 February 1917.

Joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 28 April 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 4 May 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin); transferred to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 7 May 1917; to 30th General Hospital, Calais, 8 May 1917; to England, 13 May 1917, and admitted same day to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst; transferred to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 16 June 1917; found guilty, 24 August 1917, of misconduct on parade: awarded 5 days' confined to barracks; taken on strength, Reserve Group, Sling Camp, 4 September 1917.

Found guilty, 23 October 1917, of parading for guard with a dirty rifle and improper dress: awarded 4 days' confined to camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, and marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 29 October 1917.

Joined 12th Company, 1st Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 10 November 1917.

Detached to NZ Engineers, 20 November 1917.

Found guilty, 4 December 1917, of failing to return to a working party: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Found guilty, 6 December 1917, of neglect of orders by failing to return to a working party: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 29 December 1917; discharged to unit, 20 January 1918; rejoined Bn, in the field, 24 January 1918.

Detached to Divisional Signallers, 26 January 1918; rejoined Bn from detachment, 2 February 1918.

Detached to Headquarters, 2nd Brigade, 20 February 1918; rejoined Bn, in the field, 23 February 1918.

Killed in action, 27 March 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18055132
Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 28