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FONSECA, Isaac
(Service number 24/1378)

Isaac Fonseca, pictured prior to World War One — (Courtesy of D Giles )

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	14/03/1894	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	Royal Hotel, Ohingaiti, New Zealand
Occupation	Labourer, Government Survey Department
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	R. Fonseca (Father), Old North Road, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion	Wesleyan
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	2nd Reinforcements, F Company
Date	13 November 1915
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egypt 1915-16, Egypt Expeditionary Force 1916, Western Europe 1916-18
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	19 March 1963	Age
Place of Death	Gungadai, Australia
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); SCRoll web submission by D Giles, 16 June 2023

External Links

Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

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