Chatfield, Joseph

Birth Name Chatfield, Joseph
Gender male
Age at Death 31 years, 6 months, 19 days

Narrative

Birth 1887/444 CHATFIELD, Joseph Mary & William George
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Cenotaph Record

Full Name Joseph Chatfield
Rank Last Held Sergeant
War World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No. 10/1773
First Known Rank Private
Next of Kin Amos Chatfield (brother), Ohutu, Utiku, New Zealand
Marital Status Single
Enlistment Address 10 Nixon Place, Wanganui, New Zealand
Military District Wellington
Body on Embarkation 4th Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation Date 17 April 1915
Place of Embarkation Wellington, New Zealand
Transport HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23
Vessel Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Destination Suez, Egypt
Page on Nominal Roll 122
Last Unit Served Wellington Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
Place of Death France
Date of Death 20 July 1918
Age at Death 32
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Cemetery Name Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France
Grave Reference II. E. 6.
Biographical Notes Joseph Chatfield was the son of William George and Mary Chatfield. Native of Barry's Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1887 Barry’s Bay, Akaroa, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand    
Death 20 July 1918 France    

Cause: Wounds WWI

Burial   Foncquevillers Military Cmtry., Pas-de-Calais, France    
Residence 1915 10 Nixon Place, Wanganui, New Zealand    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Chatfield, William George183810 September 1894
Mother Cherry, Mary Ann184525 May 1906
    Brother     Chatfield, William George 23 May 1870 21 October 1894
    Sister     Chatfield, Harriet Jane 1872 25 October 1918
    Brother     Chatfield, Samuel 1873 5 March 1889
    Sister     Chatfield, Elizabeth 1874 1952
    Brother     Chatfield, Robert 1876 5 March 1880
    Brother     Chatfield, David 1877 17 December 1879
    Brother     Chatfield, John 1879 9 October 1958
    Brother     Chatfield, Amos 22 November 1881 4 July 1960
    Brother     Chatfield, James 1883 3 December 1892
    Brother     Chatfield, Gordon 12 February 1885 9 January 1959
         Chatfield, Joseph 1887 20 July 1918
    Brother     Chatfield, Isaac 1889 9 August 1889

Attributes

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