O'MEEGHAN, Gordon Marie Boughan
(Service number N/N)
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Birth
| Date | 8 December 1897 | Place of Birth | Grosvenor Hotel, Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
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| Address at Enlistment | Sarah Street, Timaru; St Patrick's College, Wellington | ||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs S. E. O'MEEGHAN (mother), Sarah Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Death
| Date | 11 August 1944 | Age | 46 years |
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| Place of Death | Chrsistchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Gordon Marie Boughan O'Meeghan was born on 2 December 1897 at Timaru, the son of Peter O'Meeghan, from Inneskeen, County Louth, Ireland, and his wife, Sarah Ellen née Patterson. Gordon O'Meeghan was a cousin of Michael O'Meeghan.
Sources
NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [03 October 2017]; Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, headsrone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [04 October 2017]; Timaru Herald, 10 December 1897 (Papers Past) [04 October 2017]]
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