Regimental number | 3451 |
Place of birth | Carlton, Tasmania |
School | Carlton State School; Hutchins School, Hobart, Tasmania |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Minister of Gospel |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Height | 5' 4.5" |
Weight | 128 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Dorothy Leigh Joseph, Welland Avenue, Welland, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Unit name | 48th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT Seang Bee on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 48th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Monument Wood, France |
Place of burial | Adelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row R, Grave No 23), Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Morris and Emma JOSEPH; Wife: Dorothy L. JOSEPH, Morrisdale, Carlton, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1841 Pte Eile JOSEPH, 12th Bn, returned to Australia, 20 November 1918; 5733 Pte Morris Pitt Gladstone JOSEPH, 12th Bn, killed in action, 6 October 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Adelaide, 10 February 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 2 May 1917, and marched into 12th Training Bn, Codford. Transferred to Australian Flying Corps, 17 July 1917, and attached to 29th Training Squadron, Shawbury, 19 July 1917. Marched into 12th Training Bn from attachment duty, 31 July 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 5 September 1917; taken on strength, 48th Bn, in the field, 16 September 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal, 30 October 1917; Temporary Corporal, 24 April 1918. Reported missing in action, 3 May 1918; subsequently posted as killed in action, 3 May 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, JOSEPH Paul Hamilton Morris |