Private

Joseph Morton

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Ben and Annie Morton, of 14 Pickering St., Everton, Liverpool, England. Won Liverpool Scholarship at Queen's Road School, Liverpool.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

Submitted by: Paul Newman
Relationship to casualty: Great grandnephew

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
10246
Name:
Joseph Morton
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Birth - Unverified:
17/10/1885
Place of Birth:
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Next of Kin: 
Annie Morton (mother), 14 Pickering Street, Liverpool, Auckland
Religion:
Church of England
Date of Enlistment:
13 December 1915
Locality on Enlistment: 
Ihunga, Waipiro Bay
Place of Enlistment: 
Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation on Enlistment:
Surveyors Labourer
Employer:
T S Robertson, Waipiro Bay
Unit:
NZEF, Canterbury Regiment, 1 Battalion, 12 Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
03 December 1917
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
01 April 1916
Transport:

HMNZT 49
HMNZT 50
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
XII. L. 18.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
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