John Patrick Ahern

Forenames

John Patrick AWMM

Surname

Ahern AWMM

Service number

• WWI 9/785 AWMM
• WWI 9/785A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Pongaroa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Edward Ahern (father), Otaki, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 9/785 AWMM
• WWI 9/785A AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Trooper AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM

John Ahern was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ahern, of Convent Rd., Otaki, New Zealand.

Trooper Ahern was killed in a night attack during the August Offensive.

Date of death may have been 6 August or 7 August 1915.

Arrived Suez, Egypt on 26 March 1915 AWMM

Death

6 Aug 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22269517
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 6
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)