Joseph ATWILL

Regimental number14901
OccupationAccountant
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Atwill, 18 Bathgate Street, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
Members of 14th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company, left Wellington on two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible to determine from the Nominal Roll on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLieutenant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 1 June 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Ellen Atwill, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 9