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O'BOYLE, James
(Service number 7/2111)

Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin N. O'Boyle (father), Tycho Flat, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 9th Reinforcements Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron
Date 8 January 1916
Transport Maunganui
Embarked From Maunganui Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 14 January 1941 Age 52
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General section, Plot 155, Row 96
New Zealand Memorials Tycho War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Sources

Cenotaph (11 November 2014); Timaru Herald 7 & 21 January 1918

External Links

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Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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