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O'HAGAN, Edward
(Service number 44510)

Aliases Ted
First Rank Private Last Rank

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth 28/05/1892

Enlistment Information

Date 5 January 1917 Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Bricklayer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin John O'Hagan (father), 5 Haddon Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 24th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Date 5 April 1917
Transport HMNZT 81
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Devonport, Devon, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date 17 September 1919 Reason Discharged on completion of his period of engagement

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son and seventh child (of eight) of John and Margaret O'Hagan.

The Timaru Herald carries a report on 17th January 1918 reporting under the headig of "In hospital" that Private E O'Hagan (Timaru) "...appears in lengthy report as a severe case..."

Sources

SCRoll web submissions from R Campbell, 16 December 2014 and 16 April 2015; Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, 22 May 2015

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Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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