O'DONOGHUE, Michael Francis
(Service number 53847)
| First Rank | Second Lieutenant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 19 March 1891 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Craigie Avenue, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | School teacher | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs J. O'DONOGHUE (mother), Craigie Avenue, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 32nd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company | ||
| Date | 21 November 1917 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 4 January 1976 | Age | 84 years |
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| Place of Death | Mary Potter Hospice, Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Michael Francis O'Donoghue was the son of Jeremiah and Mary Agnes (née O'Phelan) O'Donoghue. Michael married German-born Eva Charlotte Dorothea Lamprill in 1919 in Essex, England. Michael's father died in 1926 at Timaru and his mother in 1942 at Christchurch, aged 101 years.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 January 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 January 2018]; Waimairi Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [26 January 2018]
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