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GREENFIELD, Joseph Leslie
(Service number 8/129)

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Birth

Date 03/01/1890 Place of Birth Oamaru

Enlistment Information

Date 21 August 1914 Age
Address at Enlistment C/- Watson and Co, .Christchurch
Occupation Traveller for Watson & Co, Christcurch
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin H Greenfield (Father), Temuka
Religion Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Otago Infantry Battalion
Date 16 October 1914
Transport Hawkes Bay or Ruapehu
Embarked From Port Chalmers Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns Egypt 1914-15-16, Egypt 1915, Balkans (Gallipoli) 1915, Western Europe 1916
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 8 August 1942 Age 52
Place of Death Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (March 2015); Military personnel file via Archives New Zealand (March 2015)

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Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

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