Historical records matching Pte. Joseph Andrew Cairney
view all
Immediate Family
-
father -
mother -
sister
-
brother
-
sister
-
brother
-
sister
-
sister
-
brother
-
sister
-
brother
-
sister
About Pte. Joseph Andrew Cairney
Son of John and Margaret Cairney (née Smyth) of Howick, Auckland. They were married in Auchinlech, Scotland, on 6 July 1877. Brother of Harold Austin Cairney who also served with 1st and 2nd NZEF (he died Military Annexe, Auckland Hospital, 3 April 1940). Died at the No. 10 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station in Belgium from wounds accidentally received in the field. Joseph is also remembered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish Cemetery in Howick, Auckland, New Zealand, on the Howick and Pakuranga War Memorial and the Howick Roll of Honour.
view all
Pte. Joseph Andrew Cairney's Timeline
| 1884 |
July 4, 1884
|
Howick, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1884/14626).
|
|
| 1918 |
January 26, 1918
Age 33
|
No. 10 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, West Flanders, Belgium
|
|
|
January 26, 1918
Age 33
|
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, [XXVII. F. 11A.], Poperinge, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
|