Joseph Leef

Forenames

Joseph AWMM

Surname

Leef AWMM

Service number

WWI 69770 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

11th November 1889

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 February 2025 - Military Record

Place of birth

Whirinaki

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 February 2025 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Robert and Isabella Leef, of Whirinaki, Hokianga

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 February 2025 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Manutahi Hotel, Ruatorea

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 February 2025 - Military Record

Next of kin

R. Leef (father), Whirinaki, Hokianga, 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 69770 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Contractor/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 02 May 1918 AWMM
Balmoral Castle 2 May 1918 AWMM Vessel was Balmoral Castle AWMM Bombardier/Military AWMM 38th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Pulmonary tuberculosis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Bombardier/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Son of Robert and Isabella Leef, of Whirinaki

Next of Kin: Mr R. Leef, Whirinaki, Hokianga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

2 Oct 1918 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Tongariro urupa, Vujcichs Road, Whirinaki, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Memorial name

• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand 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/R10918763
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage - Kohukohu First World War memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/kohukohu-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643181/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643181
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  83: 15
• Leaf, J.M. (1990). Leaf family reunion, 1832-1990. Kaikohe, N.Z.: Author.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.