Joseph Leonard Oswald UDY

Regimental number23/1492
Date of birth19 May 1895
Place of birthCarterton
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o J Hart, Raumati
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 7.5"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Reeve, Raumati, Dannevirke
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 13 November 1915
Members of E Company left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 35 'Willochra' and HMNZT 36 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unitNew Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 1 February 1919
Discharge date12 April 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 20 November 1915.

Admitted to No 4 Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 4 February 1916 (measles); discharged to NZ Base Depot, Gizeh, 23 February 1916.

Attached to Training Bn, Zeitoun, 1 March 1916.

Posted to A Company, 1st Bn, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade, Moascar, 8 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria and proceeded overseas to France, 6 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 29 September 1916 and admitted to No 36 Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to No 26 General Hospital, 1 October 1916; embarked for England, 8 October 1916; admitted to No 1 Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, 9 October 1916; admitted to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 9 February 1917.

On leave, 15 April 1917; marched in to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 30 April 1917.

Taken on strength, H Company, 5th Reserve Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, Tidworth, 24 August 1917.

Posted to Model Platoon, 30 August 1918.

Posted to 6th Bn, 11 October 1917.

Promoted Temporary Corporal, 3 November 1917.

Attended 45th Bombing Course, Farmley Park, 3-21 December 1917; qualified 1st Class Assistant Instructor 'Bombing', 21 December 1917.

Promoted Corporal, 26 April 1918.

Still at Brocton, 6 December 1918.

Marched out to Sling Camp, 23 December 1918; marched in to Wellington PD, Sling Camp, 31 December 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from London on board SS 'Hororata', 1 February 1919; disembarked New Zealand, 15 March 1919; discharged, 12 April 1919.

Total war service: 3 years 233 days (of which 3 years 123 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: E Company/2nd Rfts of 1st NZRB
Date of death1 August 1971 Matamata
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805