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JOBBERNS, Joseph
(Service number 44118)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Shepherd
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs E Jobberns (mother), 32 Dobson Street, Ashburton, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements G Company
Date	14 March 1917
Transport	Ruapehu
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	28 June 1917	Age	21
Place of Death	United Kingdom
Cause	Died of disease
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Ashburton War Memorial; Geraldine War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Joseph Jobberns was the son of Elizabeth and the late John Jobberns, of 74 Division St., Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand. Brother of 4/210 John Jobberns

Sources

Cenotaph databse [August 2013]

External Links

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph record

Researched and Written by

Dave Batchelor (South Canterbury Museum)

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