Daniel Thomas MAGUIRE

Regimental number12/1704
ReligionRoman Catholic
AddressTangowahine, North Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 10"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinAunt, Mrs W Lowe, 12 Hinemoa Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 December 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
The Infantry component of the 10th 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. The Nominal Roll gives 5 March 1916 as the date of embarkation; harbour records indicate 5 March 1916 as the actual date of departure.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 3 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialDochy Farm New British Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave No 26), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Brother: Patrick Maguire, 2 Napier Street, Freeman's Bay, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 4 March 1916; disembarked Suez, 10 April 1916.

Embarked Port Said to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 13 April 1916; joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, in the field, 18 May 1916.

Posted to No 2 Company, NZ Machine Gun Corps, 15 July 1916.

Reported missing, believed wounded, 21 September 1916; admitted to Field Ambulance, 21 September 1916 (gun shot wound, left thigh); transferred to 13th Casualty Clearing Station, 22 September 1916; to 12th General Hospital, Rouen, 24 September 1916; to England, 25 September 1916, and admitted to NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 27 September 1916.

Attached to Machine Gun Depot, Grantham, 13 January 1917.

Found guilty, 7 February 1917, of (1) using abusive language to an NCO, and (2) refusing to give his name to an NCO, 4 February 1917: awarded 7 days' detention.

Found guilty, 5 March 1917, of being absent without leave from 9.30 pm, 1 March, to 10 pm, 4 March 1917: awarded 3 days' detention, and forfeited 4 days' pay under Royal Warrant.

Proceeded overseas to France, 5 June 1917; posted to strength, No 3 Company, NZ Machine Gun Corps, in the field, 24 June 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

War service: 2 years 303 days (of which 847 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Third. See other entry for first period of service.
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 10927642

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