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MONAHAN, Hugh
(Service number 12222)

Temuka War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #01)

Temuka War Memorial dedication inscription, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #05)

Temuka War Memorial plaque, names G-M, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Opihi College Roll of Honour — Made by Opihi College teacher David Ellena, 2015 (Courtesy of Kate Manson, Opihi College )

Aliases
First Rank	Corporal	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	1 March 1889	Place of Birth	Temuka, South Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date	13 January 1916	Age	27
Address at Enlistment	Paenga, Murchison.
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience	Temuka Rifles 4 years
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	H. Monahan (father), Andrewville, Temuka, New Zealand
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Split nail on left thumb. Height 5 feet 9 inches, Complexion fair, Eyes Blue, Hair Flaxen.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	NZ Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	3rd Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	5 June 1916
Transport	Mokoia
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With	NZ Machine Gun Corps, No 2 Company
Last Unit Served With	NZ Machine Gun Corps, No 2 Company

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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

15/11/1916 - Wounded in the field France. (to hospital)

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	16 November 1916	Age
Place of Death	1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, in the field, France
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices	Timaru Herald 27 November 1916
Memorial or Cemetery	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Estension, Nord. France
Memorial Reference	III. A. 223
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour; Temuka War Memorial

Biographical Notes

NZ BMD & Temuka School Records show Hugh's birth year as 1888.

On 24 March 1916 Hugh sailed from Wellington to Lyttelton on Mararoa for his final leave before departing NZ in May 1916

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (August 2013); CWGC.

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