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O'BOYLE, James
(Service number 7/2111)

Taiko Hall World War One plaque — Mounted inside the Taiko Hall, alongside a Second World War plaque. Photographed October 2014. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Taiko Hall (interior) — Showing the First and Second World War memorial plaques over the fireplace. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	N. O'Boyle (father), Tycho Flat, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

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	9th Reinforcements Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron
Date	8 January 1916
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From	Maunganui	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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	14 January 1941	Age	52
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General section, Plot 155, Row 96
New Zealand Memorials	Tycho War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Sources

Cenotaph (11 November 2014); Timaru Herald 7 & 21 January 1918

External Links

Military personnel file

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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