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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]

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Researched and Written by

Dave Batchelor (South Canterbury Museum)

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