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B45P226 Driscoll

April 24th, 2011 by Alexandra

DRISCOLL, John Rifleman 15883

Rifle Brigade

Died 6 August 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Forces

Aged 39

Block 226 Plot 45 [1]

Died at Christchurch Hospital [1]

His Cenotaph database record:

http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/73647.detail?Ordinal=1&c_serialnumber_search=15883

Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 132, 1 December 1916, Page 7

Listed as seriously ill at 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19161201.2.90.1&srpos=1&e=——-10–1—-015883+driscoll–

Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 147, 19 December 1916, Page 3

Removed from seriously ill list

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19161219.2.22.2&srpos=2&e=——-10–1—-015883+driscoll–

His military records are available but with restrictions:

http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20998693

References:

[1]

http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=90319

with thanks to Sarndra Lees

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