Joseph Edward WOODFORD

Regimental number38247
OccupationBlacksmith
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Woodford, Waipiro Bay
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Waitemata on 19 January 1917
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 11 July 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialMotor Car Corner Cemetery (Row D, Grave No 11), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Anne Woodford, Waipiro Bay
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 34