WOODHEAD, Joseph Edward
(Service number 70954)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 23 March 1893 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o J. T. Brown, Temuka | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | J. B. WOODHEAD (father), Temuka | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 36th Reinforcements, C Company | ||
| Date | 23 April 1918 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Southampton, Hampshire, England |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 24 February 1942 | Age | 48 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Joseph Edward Woodhead was born on 23 March 1893 at Temuka, the younger son of John Blanchard and Susannah (née Uden) Woodhead. His mother died aged 25 when Joseph was just 18 months old. He attended the Temuka and Milford (South Canterbury) schools. On 25 December 1917 at St Peter's Church, Temuka, Joseph married Ethel Muriel Claridge.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 January 2017]; Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, burial record (Christchurch City Council) [15 January 2017]
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