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O'SHEA, Dennis
(Service number 13220)

Aliases	Born, married & died Dennis Michael
First Rank	Driver	Last Rank

Birth

Date	26 September 1897	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	8 March 1916	Age	18 years 5 months
Address at Enlistment	Pio Pio
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience	Senior Cadets
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mr T. O'SHEA (father), Pio Pio, Te Kuiti; Miss M. O'SHEA (sister), Wainihinihi, Kumara
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7¾ inches. Weight 189 lbs. Chest measurement 32-34 inches. Complexion medium. Eyes grey. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/12. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth fair. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. No distinctive marks or marks indicating congenital peculiarities or previous disease.

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	14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery, No. 3 Field Battery
Date	26 June 1916
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
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	7 June 1919	Reason	On Termination of his Period of Engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	4 January 1956	Age	58 years
Place of Death	Te Kuiti
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Te Kuiti Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Old Block 6, Plot 133
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Dennis O'Shea was the son of Timothy O'Shea and Annie née O'Rourke. Dennis was only 18 years old when he enlisted. He had given 1895 (instead of 1897), presumably so that he could enlist.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 September 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0089008) [27 September 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [26 September 2016]; New Zealand Herald, 15 March 1918, Otago Daily Times, 15 March 1918Dominion, 22 March 1918 (Papers Past) [26 September 2016]

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