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SMALL, Patrick
(Service number 40726)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	18/08/1888	Place of Birth	Galway, Ireland

Enlistment Information

Date	10 November 1916	Age	28 years
Address at Enlistment	Care of M. Crowe, Morven
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single, then married
Next of Kin	Mrs Nora BOYLE (cousin), Main South Road, Waimate. Also advise Mr James SMALL (brother), 3 Princess Street, North Invercargill. Later Mrs Kate SMALL (wife), C/o GPO, Torquay.
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 6 feet. Weight 12 stone 2 lbs. Chest measurement 33½-38 inches. Complexion medium. Eyes grey. Hair black. sight normal - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth satisfactory. no illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vacinnated. Good bodily & mental health. Slight defcet but not sufficient to cause rejection - enlargement of right olear... .... No fits. White scar on right leg between ankle & knee. Fit.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements, G Company
Date	14 March 1917
Transport	Ruapehu
Embarked From		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

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	6 June 1918	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	25 December 1958	Age
Place of Death	Seaward Downs
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Memorial Reference	Roman Catholic Section, Blck 8, Plot 20
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Patrick Small, born on 18 August 1888 in Galway, Ireland, was the son of Thomas and Catherine Small. Patrick had been in New Zealand for three years when he enlisted on 10 November 1916 at Timaru. He married Kate Fahy on 26 August 1918 at Annaghdown, Galway, Ireland.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 July 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives ref. AABK 18805 W5553 0105746) [26 July 2016]; Evening Post, 25 September 1917, Marlborough Express, 26 September 1917 (Papers Past) [26 July 2016]; Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, headstone image & burial record (Invercargill City Council) [26 July 2016]

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