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O'SHEA, Maurice
(Service number 3/3700)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	03/06/1880	Place of Birth	Ireland

Enlistment Information

Date	25 June 1917	Age	37 years
Address at Enlistment	Morven, South Canterbury
Occupation	School teacher
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs A. O;SHEA (mother), Maytown, Waimate
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 9¼ inches. Weight 150 lbs. Chest measurement 37-39 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair fair. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Not free from varicose veins. Vaccinated (right). Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Class A.

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	31st Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Date	22 November 1917
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui or Willochra
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals
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 August 1919	Reason	On Termination of his Period of Engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	10 February 1941	Age	63 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 11 February 1941
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 105, Plot 21
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Maurice O'Shea, born in Ireland, was the son of Andrew and Margaret O'Shea. He had been in New Zealand for 25 years when he enlisted in 1917.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 September 2016]; Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0089020) [27 September 2016]; Waimate Daily advertiser, 6 December 1902, 12 August 1914, 19 March 1915, 23 July 1917, 22 September 1919, Star, 9 May 1917, new Zealand Tablet, 11 December 1902, 24 August 1922 (Papers Past) [26 September 2016]; Timaru Herald, 11 February 1941 (Timaru District Library) [27 September 2016]

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