Joseph Frederick KING

Regimental number56616
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, J M King, Warkworth, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
E Company, 29th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships: 'Mokoia' (13 August 1917) and SS 'Ruahine' (15 August 1917). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual in E Company embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 22 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot No XXVII, Row B, Grave No 17), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jonathan M and Sarah Anne King, Red Gate Farme, Warkworth. Served nine years in Rodney Mounted Rifles
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 17