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Theodore Henry Casey

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Theodore Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Casey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    South African 55 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Victor Casey, Great North Road, Arch Hill, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Relief of Kimberley AWMM
    • Paardeberg AWMM
    • Driefontein AWMM
    • Johannesburg AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    South African 55 AWMM
  • Military service
    Sergeant in the Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    South Africa 21 October 1899 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Mill hand/Civilian AWMM
    Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 7 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      11 stone 10 pounds AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Pneumonia AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Casey joined the Imperial Military Railways in Pretoria. He departed South Africa aboard the S.S. 'Victoria' from Cape town in February 1901. (Stowers, p.159)

    In New Zealand Casey rejoined the Auckland Mounted Rifles.

    He died of pneumonia during the influenza epidemic of 1918.

    Father was named Morris Casey. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 17 November 1918 AWMM
      Age 47 AWMM
      AWMM
    • 17 November 1918 Noel Smith Research Project
      Age 48 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Waikaraka Cemetery, 1 Alfred Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Row 45 AWMM
    • Waikaraka Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Waikaraka Veterans' Memorial Wall, Waikaraka Cemetery, 1 Alfred Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

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