Michael Hagen KILKENNY

Regimental number24801
OccupationRailway guard
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Kilkenny, Puketapu, Napier
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 13th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916
The infantry component of the 13th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Willochra' and 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateDied of wounds 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 9), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Greymouth Railway Station Roll of Honour. Parents: Patrick and Margaret Kilkenny, Taradale, Napier
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 10