Joseph William Boggs

Forenames

Joseph William AWMM

Surname

Boggs AWMM

Service number

WWI 48432 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1885 AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Mary Boggs (mother), 9 Osborne Street, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 48432 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Apr 1917-19 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 83 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 25th Reinforcements, E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidental death of injuries from train accident AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM

Joseph Boggs was the son of William and Mary Boggs.

Killed attempting to board an outward bound train at Wiri. He fell under the train and suffered fatal injuries to his legs.

Three sons, brothers Francis Peter Boggs (43306) died after discharge, James Boggs (54817) kia and Joseph William Boggs (48432) accidentally killed, served and died in World War 1.

Next of Kin: Mr G. Boggs, Ponsonby, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

27 Feb 1920 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Prot. Soldiers Area B, Row 1, Grave 38 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22277129
  Further Reference
• Fatality on the Railway. Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 50, 28 February 1920, Page 12.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19200228.2.147&srpos
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643093/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643093
  Further Reference

References

• The Evening Post
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  62: 16
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 83 - The kiwi : being the official organ of A.D.E.F. and part of J. Companies (Right Wing, 25th N.Z. Reinforcements). Carncross, C.C. (Cyril Cutten), editor. -- On board ship Cape Town : Printed and published by "The Kiwi executive" Cape Times Ltd. : [1917]