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CARRICK, Patrick Michael
(Service number 11247)

Aliases	Pat
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	12 October 1884	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date	23 December 1915	Age	31 years 2 months
Address at Enlistment	Christchurch
Occupation	Saddler
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married. One child
Next of Kin	Mrs K. CARRICK (wife) 58 High Street, Timaru; later 47 Elizabeth Street
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 140 lbs. Chest measurement 32-34½ inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight, hearing & colour vision all normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Fit.

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	12th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Date	1 May 1916
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western Europe
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	23 April 1917	Reason	In consequence of being no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Gunshot wound right arm

Post-war Occupations

Labourer

Death

Date	19 December 1947	Age	63 years
Place of Death	Wellington
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Memorial Reference	Soldiers Section, Plot 38 G/3
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Patrick Mchael Carrick, born on 17 October 1884 at Waimate, was the only son of Lawrence Carrick and his wife Bridget née Collins. Patrick had one sister, Bridget Mary, who died unmarried in 1943 and is buried at Nelson. Pat erected the headstone over her grave in the Wakapuaka Cemetery. Their father died in 1904 and mother in 1909. They are buried at Waimate. Patrick married Catherine Kirby in 1911. They had one daughter Kathleen Dorothea born at Waimate in 1911.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database [12 May 2017]; N Z Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5530 0023057) [17 May 2017]; CWGC [12 May 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [12 May 2017]' Karori Cemetery, Wellington, headstone images & burial records (Wellington City Council) [12 May 2017]; Karori Cemetery headstone transcriptions (Wellington Branch NZSG) [12 May 2017]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [12 May 2017]; Timaru Herald, 21 October 1916, 12 December 1916, 3 Jnuary 1917, 10 February 1917, New Zealand Times, 21 October 1916, 5 January 1917, 6 March 1917, Ashburton Guardian, 5 March 1917, Sun, 5 March 1917, Press, 31 August 1920, Star, 27 October 1920 (Papers Past) [12 May 2017]

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