Thomas CORCORAN

Regimental number8/1219
Date of birth20 April 1877
Place of birthIreland
ReligionRoman Catholic
AddressMasonic Hotel, Palmerston North
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 11"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinBrother, P Corcoran, Tirau
Enlistment date28 October 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Discharge date3 February 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

[First page of Form B103 missing: only minimal details available from the remainder of the file. Form B103 picks up as from 6 January 1917.]

Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 27 August 1915; rejoined unit, Sarpi Camp, Lemnos, 21 October 1915.

Proceeded to France.

Attached to NZ Divisional Sanitary Section, 19 May 1916; admitted to hospital; rejoined Sanitary Section, 25 July 1916.

Rejoined Bn, 16 August 1916.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Stationary Hospital, 4 September 1916; attached to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 12 September 1916.

Admitted to 4th Stationary Hospital, 6 January 1917; rejoined Bn, 10 January 1917.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 8 February 1917; transferred to England, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 24 February 1917 (bronchitis); to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 2 April 1917; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 26 May 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 11 July 1917.

Classified 'C' by NZ Travelling Medical Board, 12 September 1917.

Detached to England, 23 September 1917, and attached to 2nd NZ Area Employment Company; taken on strength, NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 26 September 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board 'Ruahine', 16 November 1917; discharged (permanently unfit for Active Service: debility arising from pneumonia), 3 February 1918.

Total war service: 3 years 99 days (of which 3 years 24 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Second
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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