John Henry Aloysius McKEEFRY

Regimental number39720
Date of birth10 June 1891
Place of birthGreymouth, West Coast
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationAccountant
Address381 King Street, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, M McKeefry, 381 King Street, Dunedin
Enlistment date16 October 1916
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Tofua on 26 April 1917
Final rankLieutenant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
Discharge date23 October 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 39725 2nd Lieutenant Michael Joseph Augustine McKEEFRY, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 5 November 1918; 68164 Sapper James Edgar Alphonsus McKEEFRY, New Zealand Engineers
Other details

War service: Western Front

Disembarked, England; marched in and taken on strength, 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, Sling Camp, 27 July 1917. Detailed to attend gas course, New Zealand Infantry Reserve Group, Sling Camp, 11 September 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 18 October 1917.

Arrived in France and posted to 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment; joined unit in the field and taken on strength, 10th (North Otago) Company, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, 25 October 1917.

Admitted No 1 BRCS (Duchess of Westminster's) Hospital, Le Touquet, 5 April 1918 (trench foot); evacuated to England and admitted to 2nd London General Hospital (Chelsea), 7 April 1918; transferred to No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 10 April 1918; discharged from hospital and attached to NZEF Headquarters, London, 12 June 1918.

Admitted to New Zealand Officers' Convalescent Home, Brighton (trench fever), 18 June 1918; discharged to NZEF Headquarters, London, 9 July 1918.

Marched in to 4th New Zealand Infantry (Reserve) Brigade, Sling Camp, 26 July 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 7 September 1918. Rejoined Battalion in the field, 12 September 1918.

Reported wounded in action, 29 September 1918. Admitted to No 3 General Hospital, Le Trefort, 4 October 1918 (fractured right shoulder and poisoned hand); evacuated to England and admitted to No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 15 October 1918; discharged from hospital 3 December 1918.

Admitted to New Zealand Officers' Convalescent Home, Brighton, 6 March 1919; discharged to NZEF Headquarters, 25 March 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand on HMNZT 'Ayrshire', 5 August 1919.

Struck off strength of NZEF and absorbed into the 4th Otago Regiment Coast Defence Detachment with rank of captain with effect from 23 October 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death12 November 1965
Age at death74
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 13
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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