condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white
Alert!

Auckland Museum will reopen Sunday 7 March

We look forward to welcoming you back on Sunday when our doors open at 9AM. To plan your Level 2 visit, click here.

Cenotaph record

English Māori

Patrick Geehan

Lay a poppy
Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 66), Page: 16 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 66), Page: 16 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Patrick AWMM
  • Surname
    Geehan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 51158 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    10/02/1890 Public - claire - 18 October 2017 - Military Personnel File
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Batt Geehan (father), Kallorglan, County Kerry, Ireland AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 51158 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›
  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Teamster/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Son of Bartholomew and Johanna Geehan, of Meanus, Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    21 July 1918 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM IV. C. 14 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Patrick Geehan by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Patrick Geehan

Leave a note

Contribute ›
  • A relative, Brother of my Great grandmother. a brave man to leave a small rural town like Killorglin to die in a foreign field, far from home
    Public - Gerry - Other relative - 24 May 2018
    Report 

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
24 May 2018GerryKillorglin, Co Kerry, IrelandOther relative
18 October 2017claireAucklandOther
09 December 2015ClaireAucklandOther relative
The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons License Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License