Thomas CORCORAN

Regimental number33521
Date of birth2 October 1872
Place of birthKeel Laughtacalla, Co Kerry, Ireland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Age at embarkation44
Height5' 8"
Weight151 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss Hannah Corcoran, Oxford Hotel, Christchurch
Enlistment date10 September 1916
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on 19 January 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 30 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVI, Row AA, Grave No 8), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Patrick and Catherine Corcoran
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action (gun shot wound, left leg; compound fracture, right leg); admitted to 10th Casualty Clearing Station.

Died of wounds, 30 November 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 17
no B103 on file
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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