William John Joynt

Forenames

William John AWMM

Surname

Joynt AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/1892 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

13 Oct 1894 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Somerset Hotel, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

John William Joynt (father), Hope, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/1892 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM

William Joynt was the son of John William and Harriett Joynt, of Cambridge, New Zealand.

Three brothers served in WW1: William John Joynt (6/1892) died of wounds; Thomas Shury Joynt (7/1369) and Frank Dennis Joynt (51656).

Next of Kin: Mr J. W. Joynt, Cambridge, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

14 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXI. C. 13. AWMM

Memorial name

Remembered on the Memorial at Richmond

Public - Peter - Researcher - 29 April 2018 - on site

Memorial name

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/R18055040
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=1689
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/433199/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433199
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/3028
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 380
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Carbery, A.R.D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914-1918 : based on official documents. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.