Joseph Oscar TWOMEY

Regimental number20582
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Twomey, 22 Riddiford Street, Wellington
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 7th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Navua on 20 August 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 13 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 9), Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Oscar and Emma Ada Twomey, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 39