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George Augustus O'Shea

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Portrait, Private George Augustus O'Shea (10/95) from the Weekly News. Kindly provided by Onward Project, Phil Beattie & Matt Pomeroy. No Known Copyright.

Portrait, Private George Augustus O'Shea (10/95) from the Weekly News. Kindly provided by Onward Pro …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Augustus AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Shea AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/95 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 December 1889 AWMM Wakefield, Nelson AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Pongaroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Thomas O'Shea, Wakefield, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/95 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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    WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of disease AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • George O'Shea was the son of Thomas and Mary O'shea. Born at Wakefield, Nelson, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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    11 January 1916 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Egypt, North Africa AWMM
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  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM M. 92. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Remembering your ultimate sacrifice George; through the item most sacred to your memory at the time of your service at Gallipoli. God be with you, Sir. To live on in memory is not to die.
    Public - Wayne - Researcher - 6 July 2016
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Sources

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    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 556 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM

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