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McCULLOUGH, David James
(Service number 25/450)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	07/12/1889	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	24 July 1915	Age	28 years 7 months
Address at Enlistment	C/o H. Hedley, Avenue Road, Hastings
Occupation	Carpenter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs M. A. McCULLOUGH (mother), Church Street West, Timaru
Religion	Protestant
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7½ inches. Weight 10 stone 10 lbs. Chest measurement 34½-38 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue green. Hair light brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing and colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. Teeth - upper false, lower fair. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. Fit.

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 Battalion, Advance Party, D Company
Date	8 January 1916
Transport	Tahiti or Warrimoo
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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	21 August 1918	Reason	No longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Carpenter

Death

Date	28 December 1946	Age	57 years
Place of Death	Wellington
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 30 December 1946
Memorial or Cemetery	Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Memorial Reference	Soldiers Section, Plot 5 P/3
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

David James McCULLOUGH was the son of John and Mary Ann McCULLOUGH, of Church St West, Timaru. Brother of John McCULLOGH who enlisted in Canada & died in the War. David enlisted for World War II also.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 September 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5544 0072290) [06 November 2015]; Wellington City Council Headstone image Karori Cemetery [10 September 2013]; NZ BDM historical records; Timaru Herald, 30 December 1946 (Timaru District Library) [15 August 2016]

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