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O'LEARY, Patrick Alphonso
(Service number 9/69)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	20/11/1886	Place of Birth	Otokaio

Enlistment Information

Date	18 August 1914	Age	27 years 9 months
Address at Enlistment	Waihaorunga, Waimate
Occupation	Storeman & farmer
Previous Military Experience	Mosgiel Rifles (disbanded)
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William O'LEARY (brother), care of Briscoe and Co. (Limited), Invercargill. Later of Henley, Otago
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 9 stone 12 lbs. Chest measurement 33-35½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair dark brown. Sight good. Hearing normal. Teeth false, well fitted.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Otago Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Embarked From	Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Balkan (Gallipoli); 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	28 September 1919	Reason	No longer physically fir for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	17 May 1950	Age	65 years
Place of Death	Dunedin
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Patrick Alphonso O'Leary gave a total of five years 37 days of service, over four years overseas.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0088232 [10 August 2016]

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