Timothy Aherne

Forenames

Timothy AWMM

Surname

Aherne AWMM

Service number

WWI 65092 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Aherne (mother), Mona Vraher, Killiagh, County Cork, Ireland AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 65092 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Feb 1918-29 Mar 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 100 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 34th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Timothy Aherne was the son of Edmond and Mary Aherne, of Monavraher, Killeagh, Co. Cork, Ireland. There is some confusion as to his date and place of death, with some sources placing it on the 8 November 1918, at Le Quesnoy, while his military record records it as 8 October 1918, in the field in France. AWMM

Death

8 Oct 1918 AWMM

Date of death

This should be 8 October 1918 - see his service record and CWGC

Public - Jamie - Researcher - 8 March 2015 - Service record, CWGC

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Anneux British Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM IV. C. 14 AWMM

Memorial name

Invercargill Cenotaph, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

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/R22269700
  Further Reference
• Members of the NZEF 1914-1918 with a next-of-kin address in Ireland or who were born in Ireland.
  https://www.sooty.nz/irish1nzef.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  78: 13
• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
• 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 100. The link [1918]. Printed by W.H. Smith & Son: London. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 100, 'Ulimaroa'.