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Michael O'Gorman

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 549 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 549 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Michael AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Gorman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 8/3375 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 December 1891 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Clare, Ireland (Eire) Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Hinchey's, Bluff, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. O'Gorman (mother), Moore Street, Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 November 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 8/3375 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 10" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      144 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • War service: Egypt, Western Front
    Disembarked Suez, Egypt, 20 December 1915. Taken on strength Otago Infantry Battalion and posted to 8th (Southland) Company, 5 February 1916.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 6 April 1916.
    Appointed Lance Corporal, 22 April 1917.
    Wounded in action, 27 May 1917 (shrapnel wound, right arm); admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance and transferred to 9th Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 28 May 1917; admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 30 May 1917. Evacuated to England on HMHS 'St Patrick' and admitted to 2nd New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 31 May 1917. Transferred to New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 9 June 1917.
    Discharged, no longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service, 3 February 1920. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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