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DINEEN, James
(Service number 12152)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	19 April 1892	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	12 January 1916	Age	23 years 8 months
Address at Enlistment	Turnbull Street, Timaru
Occupation	Hairdresser
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Elizabeth DINEEN (mother), Cliff Street, Timaru; later No 16 Bank Street
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 130 lbs. Chest measurement 31-33 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes brown. Hair dark brown. Sight & hearing both good. Colour vision correct. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Varicose veins - slight, upper calf of legs. 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 Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	3rd Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	8 May 1916
Transport	Mokoia or Navua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	NZ Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian Expeditionary Force; 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	26 June 1919	Reason	On the termination of his period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	23 March 1959	Age	68 years
Place of Death	Gisborne
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 25 March 1959
Memorial or Cemetery	Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne
Memorial Reference	RSA Section, Plot 397
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Dineen was the youngest son of Henry and Elizabeth (née Gooch) Dineen. James Dineen had been rejected as unfit for the military forces - 33% Rejects. James was living in Stafford Street, Timaru in 1948, when he was the informant of his brother George's death.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 April 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5922 0034067) [17 May 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [09 April 2017]; Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne, headstone transcription & burial record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [09 April 2017]; Timaru Herald, 25 March 1959 (Timaru District Library) [19 May 2017]

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