Joseph KERNICH

Regimental number6/3370
AddressBlackball, Greymouth
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Kernich, Blackball, Greymouth
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Medals

Military Medal

'Operations: West of Bapaume - 25th August 1918. For gallantry and devotion to duty in laying lines and maintaining communication under particularly trying conditions. Telephonic communication between Battalion and Company Headquarters was continuously being interrupted, and this man worked continuously under shell and machine-gun fire repairing breaks in the wire.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 24 January 1919

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Eighth