Martin Driscoll Rohan

Forenames

Martin Driscoll AWMM

Surname

Rohan AWMM

Service number

WWI 27692 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Hazel Marion Rohan (wife), care of W. Lane, Silver Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 27692 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
  London Gazette, 31 December 1918, p15231, Rec No 2722: AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM School Master/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 15 Nov 1916-30 Jan 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 68 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 10th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Captain/Military AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Father of Marjorie Dorothea Rohan of 2 Victoria Avenue, Mount Eden, Auckland

Last rank held listed as Temporary Captain

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).

Next of Kin: c/o Mrs A. M. Lane, Victoria Ave, Mt Eden (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

22 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Gommecourt British Cemetery No. 2, Hebuterne, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM IV F 6 AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1918. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand 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/R20807504
  Further Reference
• The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
  http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
  Further Reference
• Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
  http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=1159
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/590328/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/590328
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• 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.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 28
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1918, Third term. pp.10-11.
• A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17