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John Darragh

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John AWMM
  • Surname
    Darragh AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 8/362 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 August 1892 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Melbourne, Cambridgeshire Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Lilydale, Victoria, Australia Public - Jonathan - Other relative - 22 May 2016 - Military Personal File.
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 33 Yarrow Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    John Darragh (father), West Plains, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Single. Not Married. Public - Jonathan - Other relative - 22 May 2016 - Military Personal File.

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 8/362 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Bookmaker Public - Jonathan - Other relative - 22 May 2016 - Military Personal File.
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 8" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      140 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John and Janet Rae Darragh, of West Plains, Invercargill, New Zealand. Native of Victoria, Australia.

    Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, 3 December 1914.
    Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 12 April 1915.
    Reported missing, 1-23 May 1915.
    Court of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 20 January 1916, declared fate to be 'Killed in action, 2 May 1915, Pope's Hill, Dardanelles'.

    Parents: John and Janet Rae Darragh, West Plains, Invercargill. Native of Victoria, Australia AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 May 1915 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Popes Hill, Gallipoli AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM

Roll of Honour

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  • UNFORTUNATLY MY UNCLE JOHN DARRAGH WAS KILLED @ GALLIPOLLI BEFORE I WAS BORN.HE WAS A YOUNGER BROTHER OF MY FATHER JAMES FRANCIS RAE DARRAGH WHO LIVED @ UNDERWOOD NOT FAR FROM WEST PLAINS.MY BROTHER, JOHN (WHO WAS NAMED AFTER THE ABOVE) HAS BEEN TO GALLIPOLLI & LAID A POPPY BY HIS NAME ON THE MEMORIAL.
    Public - Neil - Other Relative - 31 March 2015
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29 August 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
31 March 2015NeilNew ZealandOther Relative

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