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FOGARTY, James Joseph
(Service number 17/57)

Aliases	Surname appears as Fogarty in Nominal Rolls, as Fogerty in Archives New Zealand.
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	08/08/1886	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date	19 October 1914	Age	28
Address at Enlistment	Waimate, New Zealand
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	James Fogarty, Waimate, New Zealand
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Veterinary Corps
Date	14 December 1914
Transport	Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	France, Belguim, Germany 1918-1919
Service Medals	1914-15 Star, 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	6 June 1919	Reason	End of service

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Hospitalised with VD December 1916, May 1917, and with a sprained ankle September 1919

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	9 May 1959	Age	71
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Chch
Memorial Reference	Block9 Plot 242
New Zealand Memorials	St Patrick's (Waimate) Memorial list (June 2015)

Biographical Notes

James was the son of James and Ellen Mary Fogarty (nee Costigan). He married Catherne McGuinness in 1925

Sources

External Links

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum); Liz Shea, SC branch NZSG

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