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McATEER, Charles Joseph
(Service number 63474)

Aliases	confused with brother Michael Raymond MCATEER.
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	17 February 1893	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	6 April 1916; 5 May 1917	Age	23 years 2 months
Address at Enlistment	Waitohi Flat
Occupation	Farmer; farm hand
Previous Military Experience	8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles - medically unfit. In Trentham Camp medically unfit
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs M. McATEER (mother), Waitohi, Temuka
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 10 inches. Weight 168 lbs. Chest measurement 36-38½ inches. Complexion dark. Eyes blue. Hair black. Sight - both eyes 6/9. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Had illness. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (left arm). Not good bodily & mental health. Slight defect(s) but not sufficient to cause rejection. No fits. Epilepsy. Discharged from Trentham Camp. Class D. "We are of the opinion this man is permanently medically unfit for any Service in N.Z. in connection with or for the purpose of the Present War." Signed George Lyon Lt Col, A. W. Hogg Capt. 5/5/17 Timaru.

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	30th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Date	13 October 1917
Transport	Corinthic
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Regiment

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	8 November 1950	Age	55 years
Place of Death	61 Marston Road, Timaru (daughter's residence)
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 9 November 1950
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 200, Plot 7
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Joseph McATEER was the son of Michael and Margaret (née Power) McAteer, as was Michael Raymond McAteer whose file is intermingled with that of Charles Joseph..Charles was at first rejected as medically unfit (April 1916). He was discharged from Trentham Camp, suffering from epilepsy. "We are of the opinion this man is permanently medically unfit for any Service in N.Z. in connection with or for the purpose of the Present War." Signed George Lyon Lt Col, A. W. Hogg Capt. 5/5/17 Timaru.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5544 0071255) [04 August 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [02 August 2016]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [04 August 2016]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [03 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 9 November 1950 (Timaru District Library) [04 August 2016]; Temuka Leader, 2 July 1912, 7 August 1913, 13 September 1913, 24 & 26 September 1918, Timaru Herald, 30 August 1913, 13 June 1914, 11 July 1914, 8 August 1914, 5 April 1916, 14 March 1917, 26 September 1917, 3 October 1918, 10 November 1919, Press, 5 August 1914, 14 March 1917, 11 October 1939, Sun, 7 September 1918 (Papers Past) [04 August 2016]

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