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KING, Joseph
(Service number )

St Augustine Church War Memorial, pictured in 2011
Plaque, St Augustine Church War Memorial, pictured in 2011
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First Rank Last Rank Private

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
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Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin
Religion Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with New Zealand Armed Forces (?) Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

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Military Awards

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Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 3 October 1917 Age
Place of Death Lithgow, Sydney, Australia
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Lithgow cemetery, Sydney, Australia
Memorial Reference Portion 8 Row B
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; St Augustine Church War memorial?

Biographical Notes

Son of Frederick and Margaret King.

"At Lithgow, Sydney, on Oct, private Joseph King, beloved son of Nurse King, 10 Rose Street, Timaru, ged 21 years. Private Joseph King, a son of Nurse King, Rose Street, Timaru, who died recently at Lithgow, Sydney, was accorded a military funeral at that town. Forty returned soldiers attended and many other soldiers and cadets were also in the procession." Timaru Herald 1 November 1917.

Sources

Cenotaph database (October 2014); family.joint.net.au N.S.W. Cemeteries Inscription List Lithgow

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Researched and Written by

Ann Munro, SC branch NZSG

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