Sylvester Dargan

Forenames

Sylvester AWMM

Surname

Dargan AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1340 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mataura Road, Waihi, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs H.J. Dargan (wife), Mataura Road, Waihi, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Dec 1915 AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1340 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 Ruapehu 18 December 1915 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Sapper AWMM Headquarters, No. 1 Relief AWMM New Zealand Engineers, Tunnelling Company AWMM

Medical notes

Other, WWI AWMM
Nature of Injury: Phthisis Percent of disability: 100 Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Engineers AWMM

Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Waihi Public Hospital

Next of Kin: Mrs H. Dargan, Kenny Rd, Waihi (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

13 Jul 1920 AWMM

Memorial name

• Waihi RSA, 71 Seddon Avenue, Waihi 3610 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• St John's Anglican Church, Waihi AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20995241
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643203/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643203
  Further Reference

References

• Neill, J.C. (Ed.). (1922). The New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1915-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 173
• New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer).
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.