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DELANEY, George
(Service number 18978)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	23/08/1888	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	13 April 1916	Age	27 years
Address at Enlistment	Taumaranui
Occupation	Butcher
Previous Military Experience	Regiment Depot, Upper - 14 months; left on marriage
Marital Status	Married. One child
Next of Kin	Mrs G. DELANEY (wife), care of Mrs HEFFRON, Grosvenor Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8 inches. Weight 163 lbs. Chest measurement 37½-39½ inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes D ^. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No fits.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	6th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, H Company
Date	29 July 1916
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

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	28 December 1917	Reason	Being no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Diseases, wounds - confined to Sling Camp. Diseases, wounds - Hospital, Hornchurch

Post-war Occupations

Butcher

Death

Date	25 October 1964	Age	76 years
Place of Death	Auckland
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimkumete Cemetery, Auckland
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George Delaney, born on 23 August 1888 at Timaru, was the son of John Francis and Annie Delaney. George married Ellen (Nellie) Marie Heffron on 23 January 1913 at St John's, Parnell, Auckland. A son, James Reid Delaney, was born on 8 April 1914 at Wellington.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 October 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5537 0033117) [05 October 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [05 October 2016]

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