Joseph Alexander FREEMAN

Regimental number10/1489
Date of birth13 October 1891
Place of birthWanganui
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address42 Dublin Street, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 7"
Weight139 lbs
Next of kinFather, F G Freeman, Upham Street, Ohakune, Waimarino
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 20), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick George Freeman, Tainui Street, Ohakune, Wanganui, and the late Sarah Freeman
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to NZ Field Ambulance, 2 May 1915 (influenza); discharged to duty, 5 May 1915.

Court of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead 8.8.15.'

War service: 237 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21005130