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GEANEY, Timothy Christopher
(Service number 55218)

Aliases	Tim
First Rank		Last Rank

Birth

Date	04/02/1892	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	1 February 1917	Age	24 years 11 months
Address at Enlistment	59 Bank Street, Timaru
Occupation	Apothecary; butcher
Previous Military Experience	Volunteers & Territorials - time served
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs S. GEANEY (mother), 59 Bank Street, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7¼ inches. Weight 157 lbs. Chest measurement 34-38½ inches. Complexion dark. Eyes brown. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well fomed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Varicose veins - left leg. No fits. Severe varicose vein left leg above knee. Fit. Class C2

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

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No information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Butcher

Death

Date	3 August 1980	Age	88 years
Place of Death	Hutt Hospital
Cause
Notices	Timar Herald, 5 August 1980
Memorial or Cemetery	Makara Cemetery, Wellington
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Timothy Christopher Geaney was the son of Daniel and Sarah (née Cronin) Geaney. Timothy had previously been rejected as unfit for military service, on account of varicose veins, nose and throat.

Sources

NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0043797) [16 August 2016]; Temuka Leader, 17 December 1901, 22 November 1902, Timaru Herald, 16 September 1904, 11 January 1907, 24 July 1908, 29 January 1909, 2 January 1912, 26 July 1912, 12 September 1913, 9 May 1916, 8 May 1917, Marlborough Express, 15 March 1911, Dominion, 9 June 1917 (Papers Past) [17 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 5 August 1980 (Timaru District Library) [16 August 2016]

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