Joseph Pulford

Forenames

Joseph AWMM

Surname

Pulford AWMM

Service number

WWI 15414 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

16 Jun 1890

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Place of birth

Taradale, Napier

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Birth notes

Son of William Edward & Mary PULFORD

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Address before enlistment

C/- G. P. O., AUCKLAND

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Next of kin

W. Pulford (father), C.P.O., Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 15414 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jul 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 59 or HMNZT 60 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata or Ulimaroa AWMM Rifleman AWMM 9th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion AWMM

Joseph Pulford was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Pulford, of Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr W. Pulford, Montague St, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

27 Nov 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, Nord, France AWMM J. 38. AWMM

Memorial name

• Howick and Pakuranga War Memorial, Stockade Hill, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Howick Roll of Honour AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20803279
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Howick & Pakuranga War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/howick-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Howick Roll of Honour Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/HBC003/searchhowick.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/193372/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/193372
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  37: 33
• The ulima-roarer : a collection of wails & fishy stories, etc., from the Indian Ocean. (1916). [Indian Ocean]: [15th Reinforcements].
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.