Michael O'GORMAN

Regimental number8/3375
Date of birth9 December 1891
Place of birthClare, Ireland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBarman
AddressFlinchey's Bluff, Otago
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 10"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M O'Gorman, Moore Street, Kilrush, Co Clare, Ireland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 August 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcement, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on board Willochra on 14 November 1915
Final rankCorporal
Final unit8th (Southland) Company, 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
Discharge date3 February 1920
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, Egypt, 20 December 1915. Taken on strength Otago Infantry Battalion and posted to 8th (Southland) Company, 5 February 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 6 April 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 22 April 1917.

Wounded in action, 27 May 1917 (shrapnel wound, right arm); admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance and transferred to 9th Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 28 May 1917; admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 30 May 1917. Evacuated to England on HMHS 'St Patrick' and admitted to 2nd New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 31 May 1917. Transferred to New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 9 June 1917.

Discharged, no longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service, 3 February 1920.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Eighth
Date of death25 May 1975
Age at death83
Place of burialWellington
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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