George Joseph Sheedy

Private

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Patrick Sheedy, and of Margaret Sheedy (nee Sothern), of Otautau, Southland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

At the conclusion of the inquest on James Thomas Nelson and George Joseph Sheedy, who lost their lives through falling from a moving troop train at Edendale on December 14, the coroner, Mr. R. C. Abernethy, S.M., found that both had died as a result of multiple injuries through falling under the train. He expressed sympathy with the parents of the two men.

“I think it proper as coroner to add my expressions of sympathy to those already expressed,” he said. “There is not much one can say at such a time, but the parents and the relatives have the satisfaction of knowing that the deceased soldiers offered the integrity of their bodies to the country and were prevented from going overseas by the tragedy.

GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXVI, ISSUE 20125, 20 DECEMBER 1939, PAGE

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Casualty

Service Number:

8288

Name:

George Joseph Sheedy

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Infantry

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Accidental Death

Date of Death:

14 December 1939

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Otautau New Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

10. 5. B.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand