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McGUINNESS, Nicholas William
(Service number 7/462)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	14/02/1885	Place of Birth	Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date	15 August 1914	Age	29 years 6 months
Address at Enlistment	Care of Meat Company, Islington
Occupation	Shepherd
Previous Military Experience	Timaru City Rifles - completion of service
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Eliza MANGOS, Craigie Avenue, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6¼ inches. Weight 150 lbs. Chest measurement 35-38½ inches. Complexion dark. Eyes grey. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6; deficient in gas light. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth bad. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids. Not free of inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. Slight defect but not sufficient to cause rejection - psoriasis on back. Remarks - Eyes overlooked by O.C.D. He can see well out of doors. Teeth are being attended to.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Balkan (Gallipoli); Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Western European
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; 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 December 1918	Reason	No longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service (Bronchitis).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	23 June 1955	Age	76 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 24 June 1955
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 112, Plot 3
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 July 2016]; N Z Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5544 0073645) [31 July 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [30 July 2016]; Dominion, 1 September 1915, 15 October 1918, New Zealand Herald, 1 September 1915, Evening Post, 1 November 1915, 2 November 1917 (Papers Past) [16 & 31 July 2016]; Timaru Herald, 24 & 25 jUNE 1955 (tIMARU dISTRICT lIBRARY) [01 aUGUST 2016]

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