Informations sur naissance

Date de naissance:
14/06/1896
Lieu de naissance:
Levuka, Lomaiviti, Fiji

Informations générales

Profession:
conducteur de train

Informations service militaire

Pays:
New Zealand
Force armée:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Numéro de service:
19459
Incorporation date:
18/09/1916
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Narrow Neck, Auckland, New Zealand
Unités:
 —  New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
08/10/1917
Lieu de décès:
Lijssenthoek, Remy Siding Casualty Clearing Stations, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Died of wounds (D.O.W.)
Âge:
21

Cimetière

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Parcelle: 20
Rangée: I
Tombe: 8A

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 3

#1 Lieu de naissance
#2 Lieu d'enrôlement
#3 Lieu du décès (approximatif)

Mon histoire

Private Joseph Curtis was part of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion under direct command of divisional headquarters. The New Zealand Division took part in the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 October 1917. After terrain had been won, the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion was tasked with consolidating these gains by constructing navigable roads to the new front and repairing damaged roads. This task was difficult because the rain turned the landscape into a quagmire in the first days after the battle. The roads were also targets for German artillery fire, as destroying these could cripple the supply lines. Private Joseph Curtis was wounded on 7 October 1917. He was most likely wounded while working on the roads near Spree Farm and Kansas Cross. He was transported to the Casualty Clearing Station at Lijssenthoek (Remy Siding), where he succumbed to his wounds and was buried on the 8th of October 1917.

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Sources 6

Auckland War Memorial Museum
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph
Sources utilisées
Chris McCarthy, Passchendaele : The Day-by-Day account, 2018, 113-117.
Sources utilisées
CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433114/curtis,-joseph/
Sources utilisées
James Cowan, The Maoris in the Great War : a history of the New Zealand native contingent and pioneer battalion : Gallipoli 1915, France and Flanders 1916-1918, 1926, 124-125
Sources utilisées
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
http://www.lijssenthoek.be/nl/adres/12606/-joseph-curtis.html
Sources utilisées
The Long, Long Trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/
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