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McAULIFFE, Timothy Joseph
(Service number 10870)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	03/09/1888	Place of Birth	Salisbury near Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	12 August 1914	Age	25 years 11 months
Address at Enlistment	Salisbury, Timaru
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs T. McAULIFFE (mother), Salisbury, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	(1) Height 5 feet 7¼ inches. Weight 142 lbs. Chest measurement 33-36 inches. Complexion medium. Eyes greyblue. Hair dark brown. Sight – both eyes 6/9. Hearing & colour vision both good.Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. Teeth fair. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Scar 2 in long ⅓ in wide outer side left thigh. (2) Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 146 lbs. Chest measurement 34-36½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes grey. Hair brown. Sight & hearing both good. Colour vision correct. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart and 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

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	1st New Zealand Cyclist Company
Date	6 May 1916
Transport	Mokoia or Navua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	NZ Cycle Corps

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	15 November 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Labourer; war pensioner

Death

Date	28 September 1869	Age	81 years
Place of Death	Dunedin
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin
Memorial Reference	Block 161, Plot 61
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Timothy Joseph McAuliffe was the son of Timothy and Elizabeth McAuliffe. He was educated at Salisbury School.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [08 April 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5544 0071289) [10 April 2016], NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5674 425277) [10 April 2016]; Timaru Herald, 5 December 1913, 21 January 1914, 4 & 6 October 1917, 7 August 1918, 11 August 1919, Press, 4 October 1917, 12 October 1918 (Papers Past) [09 April 2016]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [09 April 2019] Andersosn Bay Cemetery record [09 April 2016]; NZ electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [09 April 2016]; Timaru Herald, 29 September 1969 (Timaru District Council) [20 June 2016]

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