McCABE, Joseph William Aloysius
(Service number 33040)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 02/04/1887 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o Mrs Tee, Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. A. McCABE (mother), Care of Mrs Tee, Point Bush Road, Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 19th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company | ||
| Date | 15 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | Otago Infantry Regiment | ||
Military Awards
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| Service Medals | British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 14 May 1963 | Age | 76 years |
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| Place of Death | Queensland, Australia | ||
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Biographical Notes
William Joseph McCabe was the youngest son of Edward and Mary Ann (née Clancy) McCabe, who had cpme out from Ireland in 1874, their second child dying en route. Mrs Tee was his sister Sarah. J. W. A. McCabe embarked at Liverpool for the return to New Zealand per the “Tahiti”. draft no. 204, carrying 950 soldiers, reached Port Chalmers on 12 January 1919. Joseph married Gladys Ellen Batchelor in 1922. Their son was born at Waimate in 1928. William and Gladys divorced in 1932.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 June 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [09 June 2019]; Timaru Herald, 8 January 1919 (Papers Past) [05 June 2019]
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