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MEAGHER, James Raymond
(Service number 69418)

Aliases	Jim. Enlisted as James for WWI, James Raymond for WWII
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	1 April 1899	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	10 September 1917	Age	17 years 5 months
Address at Enlistment	Te Rehunga, Dannevirke
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience	a Company 17th Regiment - still serving
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs K. MEAGHER (mother), Te Rehunga, Dannevirke
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8½ inches. Weight 165 lbs. Chest measurement 33-38 inches. Complexion medium. Eyes blue. Hair dark brown. Sight, hearing & colour vision all 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, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. 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	36th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade
Date	21 February 1918
Transport	Moeraki
Embarked From		Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian Expeditionary Force
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	1 August 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	11 January 1987	Age	87 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waiuku Cemetery, Maunkau Memorial Gardens
Memorial Reference	Plot WUGRV-48-019
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Raymond Meagher, born on 1 April 1899 at Timaru, was the son of James Francis and Catherine (née Foley) Meagher. His brother Francis (Frank) Patrick Meagher also served in World War One. James Meagher, 69418, was at first rejected (about April 1916) as unfit for the Military Forces because he was under age.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [07 July 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5922 0079810) [09 July 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Dpartment of Internal Affairs) [07 July 2017]; School Admission Records (Horowhenua Family History Group) [08 July 2017]; Bush Advocate, 24 July 1911, Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 April 1917, Manawatu Times, 17 December 1917, 6 February 1922, Evening Post, 20 November 1918, 31 March 1919, Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1920 (Papers Past) [08 July 2017]

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