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GEANEY, Raymond Daniel
(Service number 35776)

Raymond Geaney — (Courtesy of the Unknown Warriors of the NZEF Facebook page )

Aliases	Ray
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	1 September 1894	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	22 September 1916	Age	21 years 11 months
Address at Enlistment	59 Bank Street, Timaru
Occupation	Butcher
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs D. GEANEY (mother), 59 Bank Street, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 136 lbs. Chest measurement 34-36½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes grey. Hair brown. Sight & hearing both good. Colour vision correct. Limbs well formed. full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits.

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	21st Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade
Date	8 February 1917
Transport	Manuka
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian Expeditionary Force
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	22 May 1919	Reason	No longer physically fit for War Service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Butcher

Death

Date	13 November 1935	Age	39 years
Place of Death	Public Hospital, Auckland
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 14 November 1935; New Zealand Herald, 14 November 1935
Memorial or Cemetery	Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Raymond Daniel Geaney (Ray) was the son of Daniel and Sarah (née Cronin) Geaney. Ray had previously been rejected as unfit for military service, on medical grounds.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0043796) [16 August 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [15 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 20 December 1904, 10 May 1916, 28 November 1917, 12 October 1918, 11, 16 & 21 January 1919, 7, 14 & 21 November 1919, NZ Truth, 11 January 1913, Mt Benger Mail, 2 April 1913, Press, 16 January 1919, Otago Daily Times, 20 April 1926, New Zealand Herald, 14 November 1935 (Papers Past) [16 & 17 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 14 November 1935 (Timaru District Library) [16 August 2016]

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