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O'HARA, John James
(Service number 35675)

Aliases
First Rank	Gunner	Last Rank	Gunner

Birth

Date	09/03/1892	Place of Birth	Hillmorton, Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date	20 September 1918	Age	26 years
Address at Enlistment	Morven
Occupation	Mechanic
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	John O'HARA (father), Morven, South Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8 inches. Weight 11 stone 5 lbs. Chest measurement 32-38 inches. Complexion medium. Eyes blue. Hair medium brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing and colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. Teeth good. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Fit.

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	23rd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Date	2 April 1917
Transport	Corinthic
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Field Artillery

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	8 November 1918	Reason	No longer physically fit on Account of Wounds received in Action.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	20 September 1960	Age	67 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Waimate Cemetery
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John James O'HARA was the son of John O'HARA of Morven, South Canterbury.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 May 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0088057) [31 May 2016]; Waimate Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [30 May 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [30 May 2016]; Timaru Herald, 16 September 1910, 9 October 1912, 16 April 1913, 19 May 1914, 24 May 1916, 2 & 21 September 1916, 2 January 1917, 22 November 1917, 1 October 1918, 22 May 1919, Press, 3 March 1919 (Papers Past) [30 & 31 May 2016]

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