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CREEVEY, Thomas
(Service number 88117)

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Birth

Date	5 November 1887	Place of Birth	Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date	18 May 1917	Age	30 years 5 months
Address at Enlistment	Temuka
Occupation	Hairdresser & Tobacconist
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married. married Winifred Mabel HEAL before May 1917 at Temuka. Child - Dorothy CREEVEY born by May 1917.
Next of Kin	Mrs W. M. CREEVEY (wife), 56 elizabeth Street, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 126 lbs. Chest measurement 32-35 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Eyes both 6/6. Hearing and colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of joints. Chest well formed. heart and lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (left arm). Not good bodily and mental health. Slight defects but not sufficient to cause rejection. No fits. Old hernia operation. Varicose veins in both legs & above left knee. Class C2.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Post-war Occupations

Hairdresser & Tobacconist

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Biographical Notes

Thomas CREEVEY was the son of Australian born John and Mary Jane (née BUXTON) CREEVEY. His brother Charles, Henry Benedict and William Thomas all served in WWI, William with the Australian forces.

Sources

NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5530 0029969) [17 april 2015]; Timaru Herald, 2 September 1908, 26 August 1909, 2 & 9 September 1909, 14 June 1910, 22 April 1912, 29 July 1913, 9 August 1913, 24 & 26 September 1913, 14 October 1913, 2 February 1914, 27 March 1914, 10 June 1914, 9 May 1917, 20 June 1917, 22 November 1917, 24 June 1918, 5 July 1918, 7 September 1918, Star, 16 September 1901, 22 April 1912, Press, 12 June 1913, Ellesmere Guardian, 27 August 1921, 11 January 1922, 28 June 1922, 18 November 1922 (Papers Past) [15 November 2013; 22 July 2014; 30 July 2015]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [22 July 2014; 30 July 2015]

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