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DINEEN, George Henry
(Service number 55449)

Aliases	Joe
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	22/02/1877	Place of Birth	Dunedin

Enlistment Information

Date	3 May 1917	Age	40 years 2 months
Address at Enlistment	Turnbull Street, Timaru
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	Volunteers - left Force
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Henry DINEEN (mother), Turnbull Street, Timaru; later No 16 Bank Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 139 lbs. Chest measurement 34-37 inches. Complexion sallow. 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 formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids. Vaccinated (right arm). Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Tattoo mark left forearm. 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	28th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	26 July 1917
Transport	Ulimaro
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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	25 April 1919	Reason	In consequence of being no longer physically fit for War Service (Hallus Valgus R).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	14 September 1948	Age	70 years
Place of Death	Public Hospital, Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 15 September 1948
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 49, Plot 538
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George Henry Dineen was the eldest son of Henry and Elizabeth (née Gooch) Dineen.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 April 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5537 0034066) [17 May 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department ogf Internal Affairs) [09 April 2017]; Timaru Herald, September 1948 (Timaru District Library) [2004]

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