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O'NEILL, Edward
(Service number 25088)

Aliases
First Rank	Sapper	Last Rank	Sapper

Birth

Date	10/11/1895	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	20 March 1916	Age	20 years
Address at Enlistment	26 Scarborough Terrace, Wellington
Occupation	Postal Clerk
Previous Military Experience	8th P.. Corps - still serving - 2 years
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs M. O'NEILL (mother), Town Belt, Roslyn, Dunedin
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 130 lbs. Chest measurement 30-35 inches. Complexion medium. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight, hearing and colour ision all normal. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. Teeth good. No ilnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits. No distinctive marks, or marks indicating congenital peculiarities or previous disease. 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	14tth Reinforcements Divisional Signallers
Date	26 June 1915
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Engineers

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	21 July 1919	Reason	Termination of his Period of Engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Clerk

Death

Date	2 April 1943	Age	46 years
Place of Death	Lower Hutt
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Memorial Reference	Soldiers Section, Plot 5 F/3
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Edward O'NEILL was born on 11 November 1895 at Timaru, the son of Irish born Edward and Mary (née DUGGAN) O'NEILL. Edward's brother William O'Neill also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 May 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0088563) [03 June 2016]; Timaru Herald, 19 December 1902, 10 October 1910, 11 October 1910 [x 2], 21 May 1914, 5 December 1916 (Papers Past) [03 August 2014; 02 June 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [01 June 2016]

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