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LYNCH, Albert Dennis
(Service number 26421)

Aliases
First Rank	Sapper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	03/05/1890	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	C/o Public Works, Featherston
Occupation	Carpenter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Arthur Thomas Lynch (brother), Takaka, Golden Bay, Nelson
Religion	Roman Catholic
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	14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Engineers
Date	26 June 1916
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Actions Prior to Capture
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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Death

Date	22 April 1964	Age	71 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North
Memorial Reference	Section J, Block 09, Plot 016
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Albert dennis LYNCH was born on 3 May 1890 at timaru, the secon son of Richard Daniel and Ellen (née WELLS) LYNCH. Two of his brothers, Leo Francis LYNCH and Percy Patrick LYNCH, also served in World War I, but they were among the younger brother bosn at stratford, whereas teh three eldest were all born at Timaru.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 February 2016]

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