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O'LEARY, George
(Service number 27351)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	8 August 1882	Place of Birth	Blenheim

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Geraldine
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Cornelius O'LEARY (brother), Wairau Valley, Blenheim
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8 inches. Weight 170 lbs. Chest measurement 36½-39¼ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair fair. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both good. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth fair. No illnesses. 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 peculiariries 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	17th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	25 September 1916
Transport	Devon
Embarked From		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

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	25 April 1919	Reason	No longer physically fit for War Service on Account of Wounds received in Action (G.... scapular region).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	11 October 1919	Age	37 years
Place of Death	Blenheim
Cause	Assaulted
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim
Memorial Reference	Block 3, Plot 71
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George O'Leary was the son of Humphrey Cornelius and Sarah Jane (née Houldsworth) O'leary. He was born on 8 August 1882 at Blenheim.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0088215 [10 August 2016]; Marlborough Express, 3 May 1915, 13 October 1919, Auckland Star, 29 June 1917, New Zealand Herald, 13 May 1918, Woodville Examiner, 13 October 1919, Timaru Herald, 14 October 1919 (Papers Past) [11 August 2016]

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