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LYNCH, Michael James
(Service number 43014)

Aliases
First Rank	Gunner	Last Rank	Gunner

Birth

Date	8 February 1894	Place of Birth	Makikihi

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Michael LYNCH (father), Makikihi
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, New Zealand Field Artillery
Date	26 April 1917
Transport	Pakeha
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Field Artillery

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	4 May 1973	Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 156, Plot 78
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Michael James LYNCH was the son of Michael and Mary LYNCH of Makikihi.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 February 2016]; Headstone image Timaru Cemetery (Timaru District Council) [14 February 2016]; Evening Post, 16 November 1916, 10 January 1917, 31 December 1917, Otago Daily Times, 2 January 1918, Timaru Herald, 3 January 1918, 18 July 1919, Dominion, 28 June 1919 (Papers Past) [14 February 2016]

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