Eugene Joseph O'Neill

Forenames

Eugene Joseph AWMM

Surname

O'Neill AWMM

Service number

3/182 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

Feb 1875 AWMM

Address before enlistment

• WW1 Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Pre 05 Aug 1914 AWMM 219 High Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 Mr Patrick O'Neill (father), Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Josephine O'Neill (wife), 219 High St, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 30 Jan 1901 AWMM Single/South African AWMM
• Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• Merchant Navy AWMM

Service number

3/182 AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

• 1 Field Ambulance, New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM
• New Zealand Stationary Hospital, Amiens AWMM
• New Zealand Medical Corps, 2 New Zealand General Hospital AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 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

Enlistment

• South Africa Surgeon/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 05 Aug 1914 AWMM
• WW2 1939 AWMM

Embarkation details

• 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

Capture details

14 May 1901-14 May 1901 AWMM

Liberation Repatriation

14 May 1901 AWMM

Last rank

• 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

Death

24 Apr 1962 AWMM
Age  87 AWMM

Cemetery

Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers, Plot 15 F/5 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 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 Nurse
  Public - Kiwi Scribe - 3 October 2024 - Diary edited by JGM Holms (2023) Zip Print, QLD Australia
  ISBN 9780646875811

References

• 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 AU
  Public - Kiwi Scribe - 3 October 2024 - Marian Grey private collection, niece of Elsie Grey, Palmerston North, New Zealand.