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WALLER, Joseph
(Service number 40730)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	06/09/1884	Place of Birth	Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Tripp Settlement, Geraldine
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	H. WALLER (father), Post-office, Geraldine
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		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Labourer

Death

Date	3 August 1978	Age	93 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 506, Plot 11
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Joseph Waller was born on 6 September 1884 at Geraldine, the eldest son of Henry and Emily (née Burnham) Waller. He was educated at the Orton School. On 6 July 1921 at st John the Evangelist Church, Winchester, Joseph married 19 year old Ruby Lilian Goodeve. Like their father who died at 98 years of age, brothers Joseph and John were long-lived. And Ruby lived to 95 years.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 January 2017]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [14 January 2017]

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