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Private Dare MCGUINESS 6/1657

Private Dare MCGUINESS 6/1657

1st NZEF Rifle Brigade

Died 16 May 1980

Aged 97 years

 

His Cenotaph database record

muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/49339.detail?O...

 

Born: Australia 27 September 1883

Mother Margaret Malcolm MCGUINESS

Father Edward MCGUINESS

In NZ 14 years at time of attestation

Occupation on enlist: Gumdigger, self employed

Dark complexion, 5ft 8 inches, dark brown hair and blue eyes

 

His name is spelt MCGUINNESS in ArchivesNZ

His military records are available online:

archway.archives.govt.nz/StreamgateProxy/fileStream?ie_pi...

 

2 September 1915 Cairo admitted to NZ General Hospital with enteritis and sore back

10 September 1915 Choubia Admitted to infectious hospital – typhoid

19 October 1915 Port Said Admitted to Convo[lescence] Hospital – Enteric

29 November 1915 Invalided to NZ per HS Maheno

Discharged medically unfit. 15 March 1916. Intended address 4 Church Street, Ponsonby [Auckland]

 

26 October 1917 Left for France

9 November 1917 Joined 3rd Bn Auckland Regiment in the field

30 August 1918 Wounded in action

30 August 1918 Reported missing

30 August 1918 Prisoner of war in Germany [#7878]. Captured

7 December 1918 Released and arrived London

19 May 1919 Embarked for NZ per Ruahine Plymouth

Died at Kaukapakapa

 

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