Denis Moynihan

Forenames

Denis AWMM

Surname

Moynihan AWMM

Service number

WWI 25157 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. O'Brien (stepsister), Port Ahuriri, Napier, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25157 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Croix de Guerre (Belgium) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerical Cadet/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jun 1916-22 Aug 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 56 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 14th Reinforcements, J Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Denis Moynihan was the son of the late Matthew and Bridget Moynihan, of Pongaroa, Wellington, New Zealand. Born at Dillmanstown.

Next of Kin: Mr M. Moynihan, Pongaroa (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

13 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM
• Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21378198
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1738784/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1738784
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  34: 16
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 56 - The kit-bag : the unofficial record of the following units of the Fourteenth Reinforcements on board the "Maunganui", Troopship 56 -- Cape Town : Printed by Cape Times : 1916.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.