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O'NEILL, Alexander
(Service number 7/1771)

Aliases Sandy
First Rank Trooper Last Rank Lieutenant/Sergeant

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Geraldine Downs, Geraldine
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs J. KELLIHER (sister), Geraldine
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 7th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date 9 October 1915
Transport Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Canterbury Mounted Rifles

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 5 June 1978 Age 86 yrs
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference Services Section, Row 506, Plot 1
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Cenotaph Database [03 August 2014] ; Headstone image Geraldine Cemetery (Timaru District Council) [03 August 2014]

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