Eugene Joseph O'Neill
I whānau mai i te Feb 1875 - I mate atu i te 24 Apr 1962
- Nama Hōia
- 3/182 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Merchant Navy AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- South Africa New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 6th Contingent AWMM
- WW1 Colonel/Military AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM
- WW2 Civilian AWMM New Zealand Merchant Navy AWMM
- Pakanga
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Eugene Joseph AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- O'Neill AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- 3/182 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- Feb 1875 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- WW1 Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
- WW1 Pre 05 Aug 1914 AWMM 219 High Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW1 Mr Patrick O'Neill (father), Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs Josephine O'Neill (wife), 219 High St, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 30 Jan 1901 AWMM Single/South African AWMM
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- Kauhanga riri
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Merchant Navy AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- 3/182 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) AWMM
CMG citation: "For services rendered in connection with the War." (London Gazette, 1 January 1919, p82) AWMM - Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
DSO: London Gazette, 3 June 1915. Citation: "On the 25 and 26 April 1915 during the operations at Gape Tepe (Gaba Tepe), for exceptionally good service and exhibiting initiative and resource in command of a bearer subdivision." (London Gazette, 3 July 1915, p6540) AWMM - Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 clasps) AWMM
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- 1939-1945 Star AWMM
- Pacific Star AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 with oak leaf AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Volunteer Officer's Decoration (VD) AWMM
- Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration AWMM
- New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal AWMM
- New Zealand Territorial Service Medal AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Three Times AWMM
London Gazette 5 August 1915, p7669 | London Gazette 28 January 1916, p1210 | London Gazette 28 May 1918, p6204 AWMM
- Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- South Africa Surgeon/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 05 Aug 1914 AWMM
- WW2 1939 AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- South Africa Vessel was Cornwall AWMM Surgeon Captain AWMM No. 20 Company, Sixth Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 6th Contingent AWMM
- WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 5 or HMNZT 9 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay AWMM Major/Military AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - WW2 New Zealand Merchant Navy AWMM
3rd Embarkation AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
- 14 May 1901-14 May 1901 AWMM
- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
- 14 May 1901 AWMM
- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
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Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- South Africa New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 6th Contingent AWMM
- WW1 4 Jun 1919 AWMM Colonel/Military AWMM
New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM - WW2 1941 AWMM Civilian AWMM
New Zealand Merchant Navy AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- According to Haigh & Polaschek, O'Neill was taken prisoner during the Anglo-Boer War but was released "after a most interesting conversation." (p192) Stowers records that he was released "after some stern words to the Boers." (p167)
He was promoted to Surgeon-Major in 1903.
When he enlisted with the NZEF in 1914, he was appointed Commanding Officer (CO) of 1 Field Ambulance, New Zealand Medical Corps (NZMC).
He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1916 and appointed CO of NZ Stationary Hospital, Amiens.
Promoted to Colonel and CO of 2 NZ General Hospital, 15 August 1918.
Served as a Volunteer Surgeon with the NZ Merchant Navy, 1939-41.
Member of the Otago Institute. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 24 Apr 1962 AWMM
Age 87 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers, Plot 15 F/5 AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21382493
Further Reference - New Zealand Institute. Roll of Honour Showing Members of The Institute Who Were on Active Service During The War. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 53, 1921, Unnumbered Page
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1921-53.2.6
Further Reference - Features in book Back to the Front The Experiences of Elsie Grey: A New Zealand World War I NursePublic - Kiwi Scribe - 3 October 2024 - Diary edited by JGM Holms (2023) Zip Print, QLD Australia
ISBN 9780646875811
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald.
- Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors.
- New Zealand Contingents to South Africa: Nominal Rolls (1901). Wellington, N.Z.: Government Printer.
Vol1: 553 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
- Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z.
- Creswell, J. (1967). Sea warfare 1939-1945 : [a short history] (Rev. and augmented ed.). Berkley, California: University of California Press.
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 2: Includes portrait - Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI.
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- Atkinson, N. (2005). Hell or high water : New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war. HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Thompson, E. H. (1918). Light diet: Hospital magazine. New Zealand War Records. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Armstrong family papers, MS-1330-25.
- Holms, JGM (2023) Back to the Front: The Experiences of Elsie Grey: A NZ WWI Nurse. Zip Print QLD AUPublic - Kiwi Scribe - 3 October 2024 - Marian Grey private collection, niece of Elsie Grey, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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