Regimental number | 27692 |
Occupation | Schoolmaster |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Hazel Marion Rohan, c/o W Lane, Silver Road, Epsom, Auckland |
Rank on embarkation | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 10th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 16 November 1916. | |
Final rank | Temporary Captain |
Final unit | 4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches 'New Years Honours Despatch for period 25th February, 1918, to 16/17 September, 1918.' Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', 31 December 1918. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery (Plot IV, Row F, Grave No 6), Foncquevillers, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Daughter: Majorie Dorothea Rohan, 2 Victoria Avenue, Mount Eden, Auckland |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 28 |
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