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McATEER, James Lewis
(Service number 63026)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	15 April 1897	Place of Birth	Waitohi, Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	16 August 1917	Age	20 years 3 months
Address at Enlistment	Waitohi, Temuka
Occupation	Labourer, Farmer
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Infantry Regiment (serving)
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mr M. McATEER (father), Waitohi, Temuka
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7½ inches. Weight 163 lbs. Chest measurement 33½-36½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes gray. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. hearing good. Colour vision normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth bad. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. No slight defects. No fits. Fit 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	30th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Date	13 October 1917
Transport	Corinthic
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Regiment

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	9 February 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	24 September 1966	Age	69 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 26 September 1966
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 117, Plot 7
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Lewis McATEER was the son of Michael and Margaret (née Power) McAteer. James McAteer embarked for the return to New Zealand on 3 December 1918 at Liverpool per the "Tahiti". His next-of-kin at death in 1966 was his sister Ellen Theresa McAteer of 50 Church Street, timaru.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5544 0071254) [04 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 26 September 1966 (Timaru District Library) [02 August 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [03 August 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [02 August 2016]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [04 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 13 June 1914, 5 August 1914, 16 October 1914, 1 June 1916, 27 June 1916, 30 July 1917, 18 August 1917, 24 & 26 September 1917, 4 January 1919, 25 April 1919, 10 November 1919, Press, 22 June 1916, Sun, 17 September 1918, 6 January 1919, 26 January 1940 (Papers Past) [04 August 2016]

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