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O'DONOGHUE, William
(Service number 91066)

Aliases
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Birth

Date	2 June 1898	Place of Birth	St Andrews, South Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date	26 August 1918	Age
Address at Enlistment	Salisbury, via Timaru
Occupation	Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs N. O'DONOGHUE (mother), Salisbury, Via Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	10 February 1969	Age	70 years
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Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 59, Plot 1549
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William O'Donoghue was the third son of John and Norah (née Geaney) O'Donoghue. He was educated at Esk Valley and Salisbury schools. In 1925 William married Kathleen Violet McLauchlan.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [26 January 2018]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG); [28 January 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [28 January 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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