Joseph Patrick McGOVERN

Regimental number54565
OccupationButcher
Next of kinMother, Mrs M McGovern, Post Office, Matiere
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements (First Draft), H Company (Part)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
H Company, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, left on two ships, HMNZT 89 'Waitemata' on 14 July 1917, and HMNZT 90 'Ulimaroa' on 26 July 1917. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 4 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XL, Row A, Grave No 15), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary McGovern, Nihoniho, Hamilton, and the late James McGovern
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 21