Joseph Sweeney MEALE

Regimental number64275
Date of birth16 June 1897
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTeacher
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Meale, Upper Waiwera, Auckland
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 35th Reinforcements, Specialist Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Tofua on 2 March 1918
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 18 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot LXVIII, Row J, Grave No 9), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Catherine and the late Joseph Meale, Waiwera, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 80, p. 14

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