John Edward Sheary
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John Edward Sheary (1895 - 1917)

John Edward Sheary
Born in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealandmap
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Died at age 22 in Ypres, Belgiummap
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John Edward Sheary is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Biography

John Edward was born in 1895. He was the son of James Edward Sheary and Mary Jane O'Dwyer. [1] He passed away in 1917 age 22 [2]


John Edward Sheary (Service number 4/2135) served in the NZ Army during World War 1. A telegraphist in civilian life, he gave his next of kin as J. Sheary (father), of Richmond, Nelson,. He embarked 1 April 1916 aboard HMNZT 49 or HMNZT 50 the vessels Tahiti or Maunganui to Suez, Egypt. He was a Sapper with the 11th Reinforcements New Zealand Field Engineers, Signal Company of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force . He was Killed in Action, 12 October 1917 at Ypres, Belgium . He is memorialized on the Tyne Cot Memorial, at Tyne Cot Cemetery, in Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium [3]

For 3 photographs of Sapper John E. Sheary - refer to Nelson Museum Heritage Photograph Collection : 92803; 92804 & 184112.

Sources

  1. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
    • NZ Birth registration 1895/18098
  2. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
    • NZ Death registration 1918/72057
  3. ↑ Online Cenotaph, Auckland War Memorial Museum




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