Captain

Joseph Kendrick Venables

MC

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Joseph and Clara Venables. of Christchurch, New Zealand; husband of Margaret Burns Venables, of 3, Craiglockhart Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland. Also served with 2nd Bn. Otago Regt. N.Z.E.F.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

Details of the award of the Military Cross sent to my wife's grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Reece of Colwyn Bay, North Wales. Capt. Venables was probably one of many soldiers billeted with her.

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
3/1272
Name:
Joseph Kendrick Venables
Rank: 
Captain
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Clara Venables (mother), 111 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
111 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Medical Corps

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
09 May 1918
Day of Death:
Thursday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
8th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
13 November 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 35
HMNZT 36
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
I. C. 35.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Joseph Kendrick Venables
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