ROSEINGRAVE, Joseph Aloysius
(Service number 12833)
| First Rank | Bombardier | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 13 September 1889 | Place of Birth | Christchurch, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 210 Tinakori Road, Wellington | ||
| Occupation | Insurance Clerk | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs J. H. ROSEINGRAVE (mother), North Street, Timaru | ||
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 | 13th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery | ||
| Date | 27 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 18 December 1958 | Age | 69 years |
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| Place of Death | Masterton | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Masterton Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Joseph Aloysius Roseingrave was the son of Jerome Horace and Josephine Mary (née Boland). He married Hinemoa Alexandrina Mary Fabian in 1925. In September 1918, J. A. Roseingrave was reported wounded. Joseph was on active service when his sister Josephine died in November 1918, from complications of influenza. Driver Roseingrave arrived home to Timaru by the Oxfordshire in early 1919. He was the best man at the wedding of his sister Janie at Sacred Heart Church, Timaru, in early 1920. The name of J. A. Roseingrave is inscribed on the A.M.P. Society's Roll of Honour unveiled in Wellington on 3 March 1920.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [01 July 2019]; ref. Timaru Herald, 15 March 1918, 12 & 13 September 1918, Star 12 September 1918, 29 January 1919, Evening Post, 29 November 1918, 3 March 1920, NZ Tablet, 9 January 1919, 26 February 1920, Sun, 29 January 1919 (Papers Past) [01 & 06 July 2019]
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