Joseph MORTON

Regimental number10246
OccupationSurvey labourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Morton, 14 Pickering Street, Liverpool, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements (including Details to make up shortages in 10th Reinforcements), J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
Other detailsWon Liverpool Scholarship at Queen's Road School, Liverpool.
FateKilled in Action 3 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XII, Row L, Grave No 18), Zillebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ben and Annie Morton, 14 Pickering Street, Everton, Liverpool, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 17