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Driscoll Andrew Agustus
New Zealander Private New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion 33 13 august 1884 , Lumsden 30 september 1917 Son of John and Petrea Driscoll, of Wigan St., Gore, New Zealand Single Cheesemaker at Steward Downs Dairy 5'9" = 1.75 m 168 lbs = 76.2 kg Fair complexion Fair Brown Scar on left knee Presbyterian Gwalia Cemetery Plot II , Row D , Stone 3 |
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Military footsteps
18 may 1915 12 june 19155 14 august 1915 19 september 1915 3 october 1915 1 november 1915 6 november 1915 8 november 1915 25 december 1915 23 january 1916 14 march 1916 9 april 1916 14 june 1916 17 june 1916 21 may 1917 31 may 1917 1 june 1917 8 june 1917 14 july 1917 30 july 1917 10 september 1917 30 september 1917 |
Passed medical examination Enlisted at Trentham and posted to the 6th Mounted Rifles Embarked at Wellington per HMNZT ' Tofua' Disembarked at Suez , Egypt Posted tas Trooper to the Otago Munted Rifles at Mudros Admitted to the 3rd Australian General Hospital at Mudros Discharged to duty Rejoined unit at Anzac Embarked per HMAT ' Beltana' for Alexandria,Egypt Proceeded for Canal , Zeitoun Transferred to the Maori Battalion Embarked at Port Said , Egypt for France Admitted to Hospital in the field Rejoined unit Sick to Hospital Wounded in action by shell burns to the hands , face and neck Admitted to the 53rd Casualty Clearing Station Transferred to the 83rd General Hospital, Boulogne Admitted to the 1st New Zealand General Hospital at Wallon Transferred to the Convalescent Hospital at Hornchurch Transferred to the Convalescent Depot , Hornchurch On leave Rejoined Convalescent Depot , Hornchurch Transferred from Pioneer Battalion and posted to N°1 Div. New Zealand Emp. Coy Killed in action in an enemy air raid Buried by Rev. S.P. White , Chaplain Forces attached to the 1/2nd South Midland Field Ambulance |
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Libeau Eric John
New Zealander Gunner 1st By. 1st Bde. New Zealand Field Artillery 22 17 june 1895 , Hamilton 29 september 1917 Son of Frederick and Flora Libeau, of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand. Single Public school Farmhand 5'9" = 1.75 m 160 lbs = 72.5 kg Dark complexion Dark brown Green None Methodist Gwalia Cemetery Plot II , Row C , Stone 24 |
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Military footsteps
23 august 1915 9 october 1915 18 november 1915 15 march 1916 6 april 1916 14 october 1916 6 november 1916 8 november 1916 22 january 1917 17 april 1917 10 july 1917 21 july 1917 29 september 1917 |
Enlisted and posted to 'A'Sqdn , 7th Reinforcements Embarked at Wellington per HMNZT'Aparima' or'Navua' or'Warrimoo' as part of the 7th Reinforcements,Auckland Mounted Rifles Disembarked at Suez , Egypt Transferred from AMR to 1st Bty. NZ Field Artillery at Moascar , Egypt Relinquished appointment Lance Corporal Embarked for France with 8th Battery. Sent to hospital sick and admitted to 140th Field Ambulance with diarrhoea Rejoined unit Awarded Field Punishment N°2 for theft or rations & using naked light in billet. Punishment : Forfait 7 days pay and 1 extra picquet Absent without leave from gas parade at Lumbres , France Punishment : 1/2 hour gas drill in own time Transferred from 8th Battery to 1st Battery Proceeded on leave to England Rejoined unit in the field Died of wounds at 18th Corps Sick Collecting Station , Poperinge received the same day |
