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FEELY, Patrick
(Service number 62953)

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Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Plumber
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs M. FEELY (mother), 33 Regent Streert, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

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 32nd Reinforcements Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Date 21 November 1917
Transport Maunganui
Embarked From Wellington Destination Liverpool, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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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 Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 6 December 1967 Age 71 years
Place of Death Timaru
Cause
Notices Timaru Herald, 7 December 1967
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row 148, Plot 1225
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of James and Mary FEELY, of Timaru. hIS Brothers Joseph and Patrick ALSO served in WWI. Patrick FEELY married Margaret Catherine.

The 1914 roll book from Timaru Technical School has an entry for Patrick Feely of Regent St, Timaru, His occupation was given as “plumbing” and his age was given as 17 years and 6 months. His date of birth was listed as August 1896.

Members of South Canterbury RSA in attendance at funeral.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 October 2014]; Headstone image Timaru Cemetery (Timaru District Council) [24 October 2014]; Timary Herald, 7 December 1967 (Timaru District Library) [24 October 2014]; Timaru Technical School Rolls (SCRoll web submission from J James, Mountainview High School, 8 April 2015)

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