Martin Driscoll ROHAN

Regimental number27692
OccupationSchoolmaster
Next of kinWife, Mrs Hazel Marion Rohan, c/o W Lane, Silver Road, Epsom, Auckland
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 10th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
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 rankTemporary Captain
Final unit4th 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.

FateKilled in Action 22 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialGommecourt 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
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 28

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