Joseph TURCHIE

Regimental number13140
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinBrother, C Turchie, Te Kuiti
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 53 Navua on 6 May 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, attached New Zealand Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateDied of wounds 6 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialGezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row J, Grave No 30), Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Santina and Carlo Turchie
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 31, p. 25

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