Joseph Cartwright

Private

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Nelson and Betty Bartholomew Cartwright (nee Morris). Born at Thames.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"As the Rotorua express approached Manurewa this morning a porter on the station discovered the body of a man on the cowcatcher, proved to be the body of a soldier, named Joseph Cartwright, of Paparoa, North Auckland, belonging to the 29th Reinforcements. "

OTAGO DAILY TIMES, ISSUE 17078, 9 AUGUST 1917, PAGE 5

"The adjourned inquest on the soldier named Joseph Cartwright, who was killed at the Manurewa railway station on Wednesday, was held at Papakura, before Mr. C. Roadley (District Coroner), to-day. The Coroner returned a verdict to the effect that deceased was accidentally killed, and that no blame was attachable to the driver or fireman."

AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME XLVIII, ISSUE 192, 13 AUGUST 1917, PAGE 2

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Casualty

Service Number:

57403

Name:

Joseph Cartwright

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Place of Birth:

Thames, Coromandel, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Training Unit

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Accidentally killed

Date of Death:

08 August 1917

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Papakura Public Cemetery

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand